R. L. Stine

Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), better known as R. L. Stine, is an American writer. Born to a Jewish family in Columbus, Ohio, he is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, most notably the books in the Goosebumps series (though many of the later volumes of Stine's series were ghostwritten). The plots of his books usually involve naïve teenagers or pre-teens who fall into situations having to do with the supernatural or the occult. He is often called the Stephen King for young adults.

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Stine is a 1965 graduate of The Ohio State University. During his years at Ohio State, he was renowned locally as "Jovial Bob" Stine, editor of the campus humor magazine, The Sundial.

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Under the "Jovial Bob" name, Stine has written a number of humor books for young readers, some of which are "instruction manuals" such as How to be Funny and Don't Stand in the Soup.

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In addition to the Goosebumps books, he also created a line of books called Fear Street, aimed at a teen-young adult audience, and the Ghost of Fear Street series, aimed at young teens. Stine later published the Mostly Ghostly and Nightmare Room books, also targeted toward a younger audience. Goosebumps remains his most popular series.

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Stine also wrote for Junior Scholastic Magazine and the Nickelodeon's Eureeka's Castle (Battley is said to have been modeled after his son, Matt).

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He currently resides in Manhattan with his wife. He has published an autobiography, titled It Came from Ohio!: My Life As a Writer.

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