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R. L. Stine
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Born	Robert Lawrence Stine (1943-10-08) October 8, 1943 (age 75) Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Pen name	Jovial Bob Stine Eric Affabee
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, executive editor
Genre	Children's literature, horror, science fiction, fantasy, humor, Gothic fiction, genre fiction, dark fantasy, thriller, Supernatural fiction
Spouse	Jane Waldhorn (m. 1969)
Children	1
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Website
www.rlstine.com

Robert Lawrence Stine (/staɪn/; born October 8, 1943), sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor.

Stine has been referred to as the "Stephen King of children's literature"^[1] and is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The Nightmare Room series. Some of his other works include a Space Cadets trilogy, two Hark gamebooks, and dozens of joke books. As of 2008, Stine's books have sold over 400 million copies.

Early life

Stine was born on October 8, 1943^[2] in Columbus, Ohio,^[3] the son of Lewis Stine, a shipping clerk, and Anne Feinstein. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio.^[4][5][6] His family was Jewish. He began writing at age nine, when he found a typewriter in his attic, subsequently beginning to type stories and joke books.^[7] He graduated from Ohio State University in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts in English.^[8] While at OSU, R. L. Stine edited the OSU humor magazine The Sundial for three out of his four years there.^[2] He later moved to New York City to pursue his career as a writer.^[4]

Career

Stine wrote dozens of humor books for kids under the name Jovial Bob Stine and created the humor magazine Bananas.^[4]Bananas was for teenagers published by Scholastic Press for 72 issues between 1975 and 1984, plus various "Yearbooks" and paperback books. Stine was editor and responsible for much of the writing (other contributors included writers Robert Leighton, Suzanne Lord and Jane Samuels and artists Sam Viviano, Samuel B. Whitehead, Bob K. Taylor, Bryan Hendrix, Bill Basso, and Howard Cruse). Recurring features included "Hey – Lighten Up!", "It Never Fails!", "Phone Calls", "Joe" (a comic strip by John Holmstrom), "Phil Fly", "Don't You Wish...", "Doctor Duck", "The Teens of Ferret High", "First Date" (a comic strip by Alyse Newman), and "Ask Doctor Si N. Tific".

In 1986, Stine wrote his first horror novel, called Blind Date.^[9] He followed with many other novels, including The Babysitter, Beach House, Hit and Run, and The Girlfriend.^[4] He was also the co-creator and head writer for the Nickelodeon Network children's television show Eureeka's Castle,^[10] original episodes of which aired as part of the Nick Jr. programming block during the 1989-1995 seasons.

In 1989, Stine started writing Fear Street books.^[11] Before launching the Goosebumps series, Stine authored three humorous science fiction books in the Space Cadets series titled Jerks in Training, Bozos on Patrol, and Losers in Space.^[12] In 1992, Stine and Parachute Press went on to launch Goosebumps.^[4]

Also produced was a Goosebumps TV series that ran for four seasons from 1995–1998^[13] and three video games; Escape from HorrorLand, Attack of the Mutant^[14] and Goosebumps HorrorLand.^[15] In 1995, Stine's first novel targeted at adults, called Superstitious, was published.^[16] He has since published three other adult-oriented novels: The Sitter, Eye Candy,^[8] and Red Rain.

In the first decade of the 21st century, Stine has worked on installments of five different book series, Mostly Ghostly, Rotten School, Fear Street, The Nightmare Room, Goosebumps Horrorland and the stand-alone novels Dangerous Girls (2003) and The Taste of Night (2004). Also, a direct-to-DVD movie The Haunting Hour Volume One: Don't Think About It, starring Emily Osment was released by Universal Home Entertainment on September 4, 2007.^[17]Jack Black portrayed a fictionalized version of Stine in the 2015 film Goosebumps, while Stine himself made a cameo appearance in the film, playing a teacher named "Mr. Black".^[18] In the film's sequel, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018), Stine had another cameo, as Principal Harrison, while Black reprised his role as Stine in several scenes.

Awards and recognition

According to Forbes List of the 40 best-paid Entertainers of 1996–97, Stine placed 36th with an income of $41 million for the fiscal year.^[19] His books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide as of 2008,^[20] landing on many bestseller lists. In three consecutive years during the 1990s, USA Today named Stine as America's number one best-selling author.^[21]

Among the awards he has received are the 2002 Champion of Reading Award from the Free Public Library of Philadelphia (that award's first year), the Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Award for Best Book-Mystery/Horror (three-time recipient) and the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (also received three times).^[21] During the 1990s, Stine was listed on People Weekly's "Most Intriguing People" list, and in 2003, the Guinness Book of World Records named Stine as the best-selling children's book series author of all time. He won the Thriller Writers of America Silver Bullet Award in 2007, and the Horror Writers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.^[22] His stories have even inspired R. L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse, 4D movie-based attractions at SeaWorld (San Antonio and San Diego) and Busch Gardens (Williamsburg and Tampa).^[23]

Personal life

On June 22, 1969, Stine married Jane Waldhorn, an editor and writer^[8] who later co-founded Parachute Press in 1983.^[24] The couple's only child, Matthew (born June 7, 1980)^[8] works in the music industry.^[25]

Bibliography

This article contains a list of works that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works (often, though not always, due to being in reverse-chronological order) and may need cleanup. Please improve this article if you can. (August 2012)

Original series

Space Cadets

1. Jerks-in-Training


2. Losers in Space


3. Bozos on Patrol

Goosebumps

Goosebumps Series 2000

1. Cry of the Cat


2. Bride of the Living Dummy


3. Creature Teacher


4. Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part I


5. Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part II


6. I Am Your Evil Twin


7. Revenge R Us


8. Fright Camp


9. Are You Terrified Yet?


10. Headless Halloween


11. Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls


12. Brain Juice


13. Return to HorrorLand


14. Jekyll and Heidi


15. Scream School


16. The Mummy Walks


17. The Werewolf in the Living Room


18. Horrors of the Black Ring


19. Return to Ghost Camp


20. Be Afraid – Be Very Afraid!


21. The Haunted Car


22. Full Moon Fever


23. Slappy's Nightmare


24. Earth Geeks Must Go!


25. Ghost in the Mirror

Give Yourself Goosebumps

1. Escape from the Carnival of Horrors


2. Tick Tock, You're Dead!


3. Trapped in Bat Wing Hall


4. The Deadly Experiments of Dr. Eeek


5. Night in Werewolf Woods


6. Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter


7. Under the Magician's Spell


8. The Curse of the Creeping Coffin


9. The Knight in Screaming Armor


10. Diary of a Mad Mummy


11. Deep in the Jungle of Doom


12. Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum


13. Scream of the Evil Genie


14. The Creepy Creations of Professor Shock


15. Please Don't Feed the Vampire!


16. Secret Agent Grandma


17. Little Comic Shop of Horrors


18. Attack of the Beastly Baby-sitter


19. Escape from Camp Run-for-Your-Life


20. Toy Terror: Batteries Included


21. The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island


22. Return to the Carnival of Horrors


23. Zapped in Space


24. Lost in Stinkeye Swamp


25. Shop Till You Drop...Dead!


26. Alone in Snakebite Canyon


27. Checkout Time at the Dead-End Hotel


28. Night of a Thousand Claws


29. Invaders from the Big Screen


30. You're Plant Food!


31. The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge


32. It's Only a Nightmare


33. It Came from the Internet


34. Elevator to Nowhere


35. Hocus-Pocus Horror


36. Ship of Ghouls


37. Escape from Horror House


38. Into the Twister of Terror


39. Scary Birthday to You


40. Zombie School


41. Danger Time


42. All-Day Nightmare

Give Yourself Goosebumps Special Edition

1. Into the Jaws of Doom


2. Return to Terror Tower


3. Trapped in the Circus of Fear


4. One Night in Payne House


5. The Curse of the Cave Creatures


6. Revenge of the Body Squeezers


7. Trick or...Trapped!


8. Weekend at Poison Lake

Fear Street

1. The New Girl


2. The Surprise Party


3. The Overnight


4. Missing


5. The Wrong Number


6. The Sleepwalker


7. Haunted


8. Halloween Party


9. The Stepsister


10. Ski Weekend


11. The Fire Game


12. Lights Out


13. The Secret Bedroom


14. The Knife


15. The Prom Queen


16. First Date


17. The Best Friend


18. The Cheater


19. Sunburn


20. The New Boy


21. The Dare


22. Bad Dreams


23. Double Date


24. The Thrill Club


25. One Evil Summer


26. The Mind Reader


27. Wrong Number 2


28. Truth or Dare


29. Dead End


30. Final Grade


31. Switched


32. College Weekend


33. The Stepsister 2


34. What Holly Heard


35. The Face


36. Secret Admirer


37. The Perfect Date


38. The Confession


39. The Boy Next Door


40. Night Games


41. Runaway


42. Killer's Kiss


43. All-Night Party


44. The Rich Girl


45. Cat


46. Fear Hall: The Beginning


47. Fear Hall: The Conclusion


48. Who Killed The Homecoming Queen?


49. Into The Dark


50. Best Friend 2


51. Trapped


52. Party Games


53. Don't Stay Up Late


54. The Lost Girl


55. Fear Street Super Thriller: Party Games & Don't Stay Up Late

New Fear Street

1. The Stepbrother


2. Camp Out


3. Scream, Jennifer, Scream!


4. The Bad Girl

Fear Street Super Chiller

1. Party Summer


2. Silent Night


3. Goodnight Kiss


4. Broken Hearts


5. Silent Night 2


6. The Dead Lifeguard


7. Cheerleaders: The New Evil


8. Bad Moonlight


9. The New Year's Party


10. Goodnight Kiss 2


11. Silent Night 3


12. High Tide


13. Cheerleaders: The Evil Lives!

Cheerleaders

1. The First Evil


2. The Second Evil


3. The Third Evil


4. The New Evil


5. The Evil Lives!

The Fear Street Saga Trilogy

1. The Betrayal


2. The Secret


3. The Burning

99 Fear Street: The House of Evil

1. The First Horror


2. The Second Horror


3. The Third Horror

Cataluna Chronicles

1. The Evil Moon


2. The Dark Secret


3. The Deadly Fire

Fear Park

1. The First Scream


2. The Loudest Scream


3. The Last Scream

Fear Street Sagas

1. A New Fear


2. House of Whispers


3. Forbidden Secrets


4. The Sign of Fear


5. The Hidden Evil


6. Daughters of Silence


7. Children of Fear


8. Dance of Death


9. Heart of the Hunter


10. The Awakening Evil


11. Circle of Fire


12. Chamber of Fear


13. Faces of Terror


14. One Last Kiss


15. Door of Death


16. The Hand of Power

Fear Street Seniors

1. Let's Party


2. In Too Deep


3. The Thirst


4. No Answer


5. Last Chance


6. The Gift


7. Fight Team, Fight


8. Sweetheart, Evil Heart


9. Spring Break


10. Wicked


11. The Prom Date


12. Graduation Day

Fear Street Nights

1. Moonlight Secrets


2. Midnight Games


3. Darkest Dawn

Ghosts of Fear Street

1. Hide and Shriek


2. Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave?


3. The Attack of the Aqua Apes


4. Nightmare in 3-D


5. Stay Away from the Tree House


6. Eye of the Fortuneteller


7. Fright Knight


8. The Ooze


9. Revenge of the Shadow People


10. The Bugman Lives!


11. The Boy Who Ate Fear Street


12. Night of the Werecat


13. How to Be a Vampire


14. Body Switchers from Outer Space


15. Fright Christmas


16. Don't Ever Get Sick at Granny's


17. House of a Thousand Screams


18. Camp Fear Ghouls


19. Three Evil Wishes


20. Spell of the Screaming Jokers


21. The Creature from Club Lagoona


22. Field of Screams


23. Why I'm Not Afraid of Ghosts


24. Monster Dog


25. Halloween Bugs Me!


26. Go to Your Tomb – Right Now!


27. Parents from the 13th Dimension


28. Hide and Shriek II


29. The Tale of the Blue Monkey


30. I Was a Sixth-Grade Zombie


31. Escape of the He-Beast


32. Caution: Aliens at Work


33. Attack of the Vampire Worms


34. Horror Hotel Pt. 1: The Vampire Checks in


35. Horror Hotel Pt. 2: Ghost in the Guest Room


36. The Funhouse of Dr. Freek

Mostly Ghostly

1. Who Let the Ghosts Out?


2. Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?


3. One Night in Doom House


4. Little Camp of Horrors


5. Ghouls Gone Wild


6. Let's Get This Party Haunted!


7. Freaks and Shrieks


8. Don't Close Your Eyes!

Rotten School

1. The Big Blueberry Barf-Off!


2. The Great Smelling Bee


3. The Good, the Bad and the Very Slimy


4. Lose, Team, Lose!


5. Shake, Rattle and Hurl!


6. The Heinie Prize


7. Dudes, the School is Haunted!


8. The Teacher from Heck


9. Party Poopers


10. The Rottenest Angel


11. Punk'd and Skunked


12. Battle of the Dum Diddys


13. Got Cake?


14. Night of the Creepy Things


15. Calling All Birdbrains


16. Dumb Clucks

The Nightmare Room

1. Don't Forget Me!


2. Locker 13


3. My Name is Evil


4. Liar Liar


5. Dear Diary, I'm Dead


6. They Call Me Creature


7. The Howler


8. Shadow Girl


9. Camp Nowhere


10. Full Moon Halloween


11. Scare School


12. Visitors

The Nightmare Room Thrillogy

1. Fear Games


2. What Scares You the Most?


3. No Survivors

Goosebumps HorrorLand

• Welcome to HorrorLand: A Survival Guide


• Revenge of the Living Dummy


• Creep from the Deep


• Monster Blood for Breakfast!


• The Scream of the Haunted Mask


• Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz


• Who's Your Mummy?


• My Friends Call Me Monster


• Say Cheese – And Die Screaming!


• Welcome to Camp Slither


• Help! We Have Strange Powers!


• Escape from HorrorLand


• The Streets of Panic Park


• When the Ghost Dog Howls


• Little Shop of Hamsters


• Heads, You Lose!


• Weirdo Halloween


• The Wizard Of Ooze


• Slappy's New Year!


• The Horror at Chiller House


• Claws!


• Night of Giant Everything


• The Five Masks of Dr. Screem


• Why I Quit Zombie School


• Don't Scream!


• The Birthday Party of No Return

Goosebumps Most Wanted

• Son of Slappy


• Planet of the Lawn Gnomes


• How I Met My Monster


• Frankenstein's Dog


• Dr. Maniac Will See You Now


• Creature Teacher: The Final Exam


• A Nightmare on Clown Street

Special Edition

• Zombie Halloween


• The 12 Screams of Christmas

Hark

1. The Badlands of Hark


2. The Invaders of Hark

Dangerous Girls

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1. Dangerous Girls


2. The Taste of Night

Stand-alone novels

• The Adventures of Shrinkman


• The Beast


• The Beast 2


• Curtains


• Eye Candy


• It's the First Day of School...Forever!


• A Midsummer Night's Scream


• Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls


• Phone Calls


• Red Rain


• The Sitter


• Superstitious


• Three Faces of Me


• When Good Ghouls Go Bad


• Zombie Town

Anthologies

• 
  Beware! (edited by Stine)


• The Haunting Hour


• The Nightmare Hour


• Tales to Give You Goosebumps


• More Tales to Give You Goosebumps


• Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps


• Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps


• More and More Tales to Give You Goosebumps


• More and More and More Tales to Give You Goosebumps


• Goosebumps Triple Header, Book 1


• Goosebumps Triple Header, Book 2

Short stories

• "The Spell"


• "Dead of Night"


• "The Head Start"


• "Lucky at Cards"


• "The Kid Behind the Door"


• "The Terror After School"


• "Do Some Damage!"


• "Curse of the Smiling Mummy"


• "Can You Keep a Secret?"


• "The Vampire Club"


• "My Worst Nightmare"


• "The Wrong Room"

Non-fiction and Jovial Bob Stine books

• 101 Vacation Jokes


• 101 Wacky Kid Jokes


• 101 Silly Monster Jokes


• The Absurdly Silly Encyclopaedia and Fly Swatter


• Amazing Adventure of Me, Myself and I


• Blips: The First Book of Videogame Funnies


• Cool Kids' Guide to Summer Camp


• Doggone Dog Joke Book


• Don't Stand in the Soup


• How to Be Funny


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• Miami Mice


• Pork and Beans: Play Date


• The Sick of Being Sick Book


• You Know It's Going to Be A Long School Year When...


• My Secret Identity


• Pigs' Book of World Records


• Jovial Bob's Computer Joke Book

Movie novelizations

• Ghostbusters II Storybook


• Spaceballs: The Book


• Big Top Pee-Wee

Zachary Blue books

• The Jet Fighter Trap


• The Protectors: The Petrova Twist

Picture books

• Gnasty Gnomes

Comic books

• Man-Thing

Contributions to other series

Crosswinds

• Broken Date


• How I Broke Up With Ernie

Masters of the Universe

• Demons of the Deep

Twist-a-plot

• The Time Raider


• Golden Sword of Dragonwalk


• Horrors of the Haunted Museum


• Instant Millionaire

Find Your Fate

• Indiana Jones and the Curse of Horror Island


• Indiana Jones and the Giants of the Silver Tower


• Indiana Jones and the Cult of the Mummy's Crypt


• James Bond in Win, Place or Die


• Indiana Jones and the Ape Slaves of Howling Island

Find Your Fate Junior: Golden Girl

• Golden Girl and the Vanishing Unicorn

Wizards, Warriors and You

The books followed the standard Choose Your Own Adventure formula, but also featured "flagged" choices that were determined by choices earlier in the book. (For example, "If you already have the Unfathomable Pocket of Crowden, turn to page 65; otherwise, turn to page 78.") The books attempted to introduce a further "role-playing game-like" element with the inclusion of randomization to determine events such as the outcome of a battle or success of a spell. These RPG-like elements were designed for young readers, and were thus very simple, as opposed to the complex mechanics of the teen-oriented Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf series of gamebooks.

• The Forest of Twisted Dreams


• 
  The Siege of the Dragonriders (as Eric Affabee)


• Challenge of the Wolf Knight


• 
  The Dragon Queen's Revenge (as Eric Affabee)


• Cavern of the Phantoms


• 
  Attack on the King (as Eric Affabee)

G.I. Joe: Find Your Fate

• 
  Operation: Star Raider (as Eric Affabee)


• Operation: Deadly Decoy


• Operation: Mindbender


• Serpentor and the Mummy Warrior

G.I. Joe

• Siege of Serpentor


• Jungle Raid

Horror High

• Fatal Kiss


• Grave Intentions


• Deadly Rumours

Point Horror

• Blind Date


• Twisted


• The Babysitter


• Beach Party


• The Boyfriend


• The Babysitter II


• The Girlfriend


• The Snowman


• Beach House


• Hit and Run


• The Hitchhiker


• Halloween Night


• The Babysitter III


• The Dead Girlfriend


• Call Waiting


• Halloween Night II


• I Saw You That Night!


• The Witness


• The Babysitter IV

See also

• 
  Dynamite (magazine)

Notes

References

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