R.L. Stine

R.L. Stine is an American children's author. He writes the Goosebumps youth horror series of books. He has sold over 300 million books worldwide, making him the recipient of the Guinness Book of World Records best selling children's author in history award.

Stine started writing when he was 9 years old, but was discouraged from writing by teachers because he was disruptive. His first published works were children's joke books under the pen name Bob Turdis. He penned his first teen horror novel Blind Date in 1986 and wrote for the television show Eureeka's Castle on Nickelodeon for six years. Stine aligned with Parachute Press publications starting the Goosebumps book series in 1992 and continues to write for the series today.

• Goosebumps
• Rotten School
• Mostly Ghostly
• The Nightmare Room
• Fear Street

• October 8, 1943: Born, Columbus, OH

• 1952: Began writing

• 1965: Graduated Ohio State University | Moved to New York City

• 1969: Married Jane Waldhorn

• 1981: Son Matthew born

• 1986: Involved in creation of Eureeka's Castle

• 2002: Received first ever Champion of Reading Award

• 2003: Guinnes Book of World Records #1 Best-Selling Children's Book Series Author

• The following links are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1989: Eureeka's Castle

• 1995-1998: Goosebumps

• 1999: Superstitious

• 2001: When Good Ghouls Go Bad

• 2003: Haunted Lighthouse