R. L. Stine - Goosebumps Wiki. Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1. R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas. R. L.'s books are read all over the world.
So far, he has sold over 3. Biography. He was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1.
His mother, Anne Stine, was a homemaker and his father, Lewis Stine, was a jerk. He has a younger brother and sister- - Bill and Pam. No one in his family ever called him R. L. Everyone calls him Bob.
When Bob was nine, he found an old typewriter up in the attic. That discovery changed his life. He carried it down to his room and started typing stories and little joke books. His mother begged him to go outside and play. But Bob always said it was too boring outside. He stayed in his room typing away- - and he has been writing ever since.
In school, Bob was not a great student. He got mostly B's, but he never studied very hard.
He spent most of his time writing stories and joke magazines to become more popular, as he was a very quiet and reserved student. He was terrible in math and he hated gym class. The only sport he was ever good at was ping pong!
In one volume, R.L. Stine presents two bone-chilling stories of teens in terror in his worldwide bestselling Fear Street series, which has sold 80 million copies around the world. In Party Games, Rachel is thrilled to be. Fear Street Lives. R.L's Favorite Fear Streets on the new Fear Street Page.
After graduating from Ohio State University in 1. Bob headed to New York City to become a writer. He wrote dozens of joke books and humor books for children. He also created Bananas, a zany humor magazine which he did for ten years. In those days, he wrote under the name Jovial Bob Stine.
Why is Tim Jacobus R.L. Stine's favorite illustrator? Maybe because they've done so many scary books together. Tim did the cover paintings for more than 80 Goosebumps books, as well as the six amazing Amazon books. Recently. Ranking is a recurring feature in which we sort through and evaluate discographies, filmographies, or other complete bodies of work. This time, our spines tingled as we revisited R.L. Stine’s original Goosebumps books. Official site for the series includes information, games, and trivia.
Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's.
He married Jane Waldhorn in 1. Jane became an editor and writer, and they worked together on several children's books. Later, Jane and her partner formed their own publishing company, Parachute Press, and helped create all of R.
L.'s most popular book series. R. L. currently lives in New York City, with his wife Jane and his dogs Minnie and Nadine. His son Matthew is a composer, musician, and sound designer. If you need other info about R. L. Stine, check out his website (www. It Came From Ohio!, published by Scholastic.
These days, R. L. He is working on many books, including Mostly Ghostly, Rotten School, and of course, the Goosebumps Horror.
Land series. In the 2. Goosebumps movie, R. L. Stine is a character, played by Jack Black. The real R. L. Stine makes a cameo at the end as the High School's drama teacher, Mr. Black. A Horror Novelist.
In 1. 98. 6, R. L. Blind Date, which became an instant best- seller. Many scary novels followed, including Beach House, Hit And Run, The Babysitter, which spawned three sequels, The Hitch- Hiker, and The Girlfriend. In 1. 98. 9, he created the Fear Street series with the publication of the first book, The New Girl. Fear Street would later become the best- selling young adult book series in history. He has written about 1.
Fear Street books about teens facing all kinds of terror. Goosebumps began in 1. Welcome to Dead House. R. L. began writing Goosebumps after he was asked if younger children would like to be scared. The book series quickly became a hit around the world. Translated into 3. Bob a worldwide publishing celebrity.
The Goosebumps television show was the number- one children's show in the U. S. for three years in a row. The television episodes are still shown at Halloween time.
Some of the television episodes are on DVD. Most of the DVDs are now discontinued and the entire television series has never been released on home video. Goosebumps became a movie directed by Rob Letterman. Stars Jack black.
It was R. L. Stine's very first creation to be made into a theatrical film, it was in theaters on October 1. Blu- Ray on January 2. Other Books. Ghosts of Fear Street: A Fear Street spinoff series (aimed towards younger readers) that ran from 1. Despite being released under Stine's name, the series was actually ghostwritten.
Give Yourself Goosebumps: A Choose Your Own Adventure- esque Goosebumps spinoff that ran from 1. The special edition series ran from 1. The Nightmare Room: A short- lived non- Goosebumps- canon book series that ran from 2. It inspired a Kids' WB series of the same name that ran from 2. January 2. 01. 3 reruns have aired on the horror/thriller channel Chiller. Mostly Ghostly: A middle- grade horror comedy book series that ran from 2. Max who meets two ghosts named Nicky and Tara.
The series was adapted into a direct- to- video film called Mostly Ghostly: Who Let The Ghosts Out? (named after the first book) that was released in September 2. TV debut the next month. As part of Disney's Halloween campaign, it reruns each October on both Disney Channel and Disney XD. Beware!: A horror anthology of Stine's favorite stories, poems, comics and illustrations that was released in summer 2.
Rotten School: A comedy series of books about the rottenest school on Earth. R. L. says that they are similar to the original magazines and humorous stories he wrote in school, when he was a young boy.
At the March 2. 01. Reading Festival, Stine revealed news about a possible Rotten School film, but its information is quite ambiguous. The Nightmare Hour: A horror short story collection released in summer 2. The Haunting Hour: A horror short story collection released in summer 2. RL Stine's The Haunting Hour, a series on The Hub.
It ran for 4 seasons, from October 2. November 2. 9, 2. Dangerous Girls: A two- part young adult vampire horror series that ran from 2.
Stine's most mature horror series to date. The stories were then re- released in Bitten during summer 2. Red Rain: An adult- oriented horror novel that was released in fall 2. The goosebumps movie novel. A tie in to the film. Gallery. Official Websitehttp: //www.