Stine plans to keep scaring kids until he drops dead on his keyboard. Stine has been referred to as the stephen king of childrens literature 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. David almond born 1951 skellig, heaven eyes, kits wilderness. Stine is best known for his horror books for kids, including the fear street and goosebumps series. In fact, stine wrote a whopping 62 goosebumps books in the original series between 1992 and 1997 and thats not including the hundreds of spinoff.
The main feature of this series was that every book had a hole cut out of the front cover so that you could see a picture from the next page. Oct 03, 2016 the conundrum of the good childrens book is best embodied by the apparently immortalor maybe just undeadseries goosebumps, by r. The film was released in theaters in the united states on october 16. Goosebumps is a series of childrens horror fiction novellas by american author r. Goosebumps is a series of children s horror fiction novellas created and authored by r. Goosebumps author goosebumps author is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 4 times. She wrote 78 mystery novels, 19 plays, and over 100 short stories. Goosebumps, which still sell several hundred thousand. If your talking about the goosebumps seires then the author would be r. Goosebumps author crossword clue answer crossword heaven.
And just because he is a big name in the childrens book world, doesnt mean he doesnt have to revise. Stine, scary stories to tell in the dark by alvin schwartz, the werewolf of fever sw. Stine, dylan minnette, odeya rush, ryan lee, amy ryan, halston sage, and jillian bell. Stine wrote humor and joke books until an editor asked him to write a young adult horror novel. Outside of his day job, stine wrote humorous books for kids under the name jovial bob stine. Joseph alexander altsheler 18621919 the young trailers series, the. Stine was born robert lawrence stine in columbus, ohio, on october 8, 1943. Goosebumps is a series of childrens horror fiction novellas created and authored by r. The stories follow child characters, who find themselves in scary situations, usually involving monsters and other supernatural elements. The author who made his name terrifying millions of young readers. The guinness book of world records named stine as the bestselling childrens book series author of all time. One story in the new book has a unique distinction.
Anita silvey wrote in childrens books and their creators that bellairs established himself as one of the most compelling mystery writers for children with the house with a clock in its walls. Book of world records named stine as the bestselling childrens book series author of all time. Robert lawrence stine sometimes known as jovial bob stine and eric affabee, is an american. Popular childrens horror books meet your next favorite book. Goosebumps was theatrically released in the united states on october 16, 2015, by columbia pictures. This is a list of books from the goosebumps book series written by r. Goosebumps is a surprisingly funny adaptation of the rl stine childrens monsterbook series, with jack black playing the ghoulish writer and dylan minnette the boy next door. The conundrum of the good childrens book is best embodied by the apparently immortalor maybe just undeadseries goosebumps, by r. In those days, he wrote under the name jovial bob stine. When i was a joke book writer, he says, i was known as jovial bob stine. Mar 25, 2016 my thoughts on whether or not i believe goosebumps is strictly a childrens book series.
Stine says the name for the book series came to him after he saw a. Childrens scary book series similar to goosebumps, with cutout front covers i read these scary books that were similar to goosebumps as a child, around very early 2000s. Bananas was for teenagers published by scholastic press for 72 issues between 1975 and 1984, plus various yearbooks and paperback books. There are 12 books in the 1st arc and 6 books in the 2nd arc. It was published because of a challenge from another author. Comparing new goosebumps book covers to the classics. The goosebumps author wrote back, im writing a series of comic books for.
Then he followed with many other novels, including the babysitter, beach house, hit and run, and the girlfriend. Records named stine as the bestselling childrens book series author of all time. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading haunted halloween. The following is a list of all the goosebumps books, written by r. Stine is best known as the author of goosebumps, the childrens horrorbook series that in the 1990s morphed into video games, plastic toys, a taco bell sponsorship, a. Stine began writing stories at the age of 9, using an old typewriter that he found. Fans urge goosebumps author to write horror book for adults. Stine, the famous author, wrote his first book for kids under the name jovial bob stine and created the humor magazine bananas. L stine was the name behind the incredible horror book series, the first of which was published in 1992. Who is the author of the goosebumps series of books. While employed at scholastic, he wrote humorous childrens books using the pen. After eight years, the bestselling master of middlegrade horror returns, this time with the first book of a new, deliciously chilling 12 book series.
Stine is the author of goosebumps and other series for young readers that have sold more than 350 million copies in 32 languages and inspired television. But while any childrens literature is fine by me, there are some authors that, like sticky fingers and sloppy kissesare practically a requirement of childhood. Goosebumps is now one of the bestselling childrens series of alltimewith more than 350 million english. R l stine 1943 robert lawrence stine born october 8, 1943, sometimes known as r. Behind the story of the goosebumps book series kiwireport. He started his wildly popular goosebumps series for children in 1992. Jan 17, 2018 also known as the stephen king of childrens literature what an achievement, r. Movie novel ebook goosebumps the movie 2 kindle edition by scholastic. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. After blind date became an instant best seller, stine started a young adult horror series called fear street. Mabel esther allan 19151998 over the sea to school, ballet for drina, the ballet family. Stine is best known as the author of goosebumps, the childrens horror book series that in the 1990s morphed into video games, plastic toys, a taco bell sponsorship, a television show, and. Goosebumps horrorland is a horror book series where 16 children fight through various villains.
Stine has 1065 books on goodreads with 1791495 ratings. My thoughts on whether or not i believe goosebumps is strictly a childrens book series. Robert lawrence stine was born on october 8, 1943, in columbus, ohio. Stine was asked if he would ever consider writing a comic book.
The house with a clock in its walls received a new york times outstanding book citation and a michigan young readers award nomination. The book includes ten new stories from the author of the overwhelmingly popular goosebumps scholastic, inc. Rl stine is the author of childrens horror books, one of which is goosebumps, one. Born in columbus, ohio, he is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the goosebumps series. What initially attracted kids to the goosebumps books were the iconic neon. At night when he goes to bed, he travels with the wild things, this book has fifty words. Apart from a writer, hes also a television producer and an executive editor. Christie managed to write an average of two novels a year through most of her life. Find bestsellers, new releases, award winners and our recommended books for kids at. He told her that if they could come up with a good name for the book series, he would do it. Stines american publisher, scholastic, hoping that another generation of readers ages 8 to 12 is ready for his stories, is releasing the first of 12 books in a new series called. R l stine books biography and list of works author of.
On the 25th year anniversary of goosebumps, r l stine tells us how he never. Goosebumps is a 2015 american fantasy computeranimated liveaction horror comedy film directed by rob letterman, based on the bestselling childrens book franchise of the same name by author r. Stine biography author of goosebumps career stine wrote dozens of humor books for kids under the name jovial bob stine and created the humor magazine bananas. Oct 08, 2018 rl stine is the author of childrens horror books, one of which is goosebumps, one of the bestselling childrens series of alltime. Stines hundreds of horror novels, plus joke books and game books have sold over 400 million copies. From 1992 to 1997, sixtytwo books were published under the goosebumps umbrella title. In 1986, he wrote his first horror novel, called blind date. Stine which were later adapted to a tv series and films. Stine wrote dozens of humor books for kids under the name jovial bob stine and created the humor magazine bananas. Goosebumps is a series of childrens horror fiction novels by american author r. Stine wrote his first book for goosebumps, which would quickly become the bestselling childrens book series in history.
Goosebumps movie books goosebumps movie novel, night of the living monsters, slappys revenge, monster survival guide, goosebumps activity book. Christie also wrote six romance novels under the name of mary westmacott, 2 books of poetry, a childrens book, and 2 autobiographies. For many kids, stines mildly scary books are their first step up from picture books. Fans urge goosebumps author to write horror book for. Childrens scary book series similar to goosebumps, with cut. Remembering rl stine, the bestselling goosebumps author who. The first book, welcome to dead house, was published in july 1992. After eight years, the bestselling master of middlegrade horror returns, this time with the first book of a new, deliciously chilling 12book series. Joan waricha, persuaded him to write scary books for younger children. L stine, if not then i have no clue asked in authors, poets, and. Shop for childrens books by age, series, author, subject and format.