Unusually prolific, he has written many other series, including fear street, mostly. Id liken it to an aboveaverage harlequin intrigue written for a slightly younger audience. Stine the godfather of goosebumpsand some of the most popular authors today bring an unrivaled mastery of all things fearsome, frightening, and fantabulous to this terrifying anthology of allnew scary short stories. Stine and parachute went on to launch goosebumps, the bestselling book series. I was the bestselling childrens author, then jk rowling came along. A humorous, mysterious thriller, summer lightening is just the kind of book that r. The goosebumps author turns a spooky mansion into a classroom with case studies of his bestselling books. Occassionally there would be mentions of characters who had previously appeared, but generally those who survived fear street moved away or were simply never mentioned again.
He also changed the face of childrens publishing with the megasuccessful goosebumps series, which went on to become a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. Stine for his goosebumbs book, i started reading them when i was seven years old, they are great little books and i devoured most of them. Well, i finally put the lists together but now im in shock. Author r l stines complete list of books and series in order, with the latest. Stine has a son named matthew, he was born in 1980. Stine summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching r.
Apr 07, 2015 stine s macabre sensibility and threadbare narrative approach are on full display here. Hagen, was the one making those calls after finding a stash of newspaper clippings in his closet. After a successful return to shadyside with party games 2014, stine wastes no time continuing to wreak havoc on the horrifying town he knows so well. These stories tended to be a single tale surrounding the cursed fear street. Stine stine, who is often called the stephen king of childrens literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the goosebumps, rotten school, mostly ghostly, the nightmare room and fear street series. Stine s hugely successful young adult horror series fear street is back with the first new book in almost 2 decades.
One series particularly targeted by the parents was the goosebumps horror series written by r. List of all the fear street books fear street wiki fandom. Jenny jeffers, a sixteenyearold girl, takes a babysitting job for a child named donny. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 250 pages and is available in hardcover format. Itll be pretty apparent that i had a major thing for rl stine books growing up as youll be able to tell from many spooktacular october posts devoted to rl stine.
Fear streetnew fear streetfear street super chillersfear street cheerleadersthe fear street saga99 fear stre. R l stine rl stine is a novelist and short story writer best known for his young adult horror fiction, including the fear street and goosebumps series. Stine presents a world slightly altered from reality and sends you through twists and turns in all his books. There are 36 quizzes and 370 trivia questions in this category. Stine and jovial bob stine, is an american novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. When zach opens a book in stines library, he accidentally unleashes a monster from the book. Robert lawrence stine born october 8, 1943, known as r.
His books have sold more than 400 million copies, making him one of the most popular childrens authors in history. Stine began writing stories at the age of 9, using an old typewriter that he found. It sounded intresting and not jouvinal, so i got it. Stine, who was inspired by the films village of the damned, island of the damned and children of the damned, decided to write the novel for his old audience from the 1990s. Best known as the author of the goosebumps and fear street series, he is often referred to as the stephen king of childrens literature. Having been forced to stay inside most of his childhood due to terrible allergies, stine was picked on.
Tim did the cover paintings for more than 80 goosebumps books, as well as the six amazing amazon books. The first novel in the series was published in 1989, and it led to establish stine as a prominent author in the. Stine has a son named matthew, he was born in 1980 profession. Its very fun to be around such scary stuffespecially when you have your own monster museum at home. Stine has 1065 books on goodreads with 1786476 ratings. I like to credit rl stine for beginning my love of a thriller at a tender age. I also wish our library hadnt lost its only copy and that i had money to get it. In 1995, a series of books inspired by the fear street series, called ghosts of fear street, was created for younger readers, and were more like the goosebumps books in that they featured paranormal adversaries ghosts, vampires, monsters, aliens, etc. Stine, in full robert lawrence stine, born october 8, 1943, columbus, ohio, u. Guinness world records cites stine as the most prolific author of childrens horror fiction novels. Stine, who is often called the stephen king of childrens literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the goosebumps, rotten school, mostly ghostly. These many years later, goosebumps is now one of the bestselling childrens series of alltimewith more than 350 million english language books in print, plus an additional 50.
It was written in 1989 and was one of the earliest horror novels stine wrote. These 62 books were published between 1992 to 1997. The main story is about a boy named luke who is about 12 to years and is in 7th grade. Night of the living dummy is the seventh book in the original goosebumps book series, and the first book in the living dummy saga. Cory, a high school student, falls in love with anna, a new girl at his school. Morgan marks is the new girland nobody can stop talking about her. Stine has written 56 ya novels and one adult novel, all horror. Stine penned 52 books under in original series, which ran from 1989 to 1999. Stine is one of the two tritagonists in the goosebumps movie. Stine has written more than two hundred thriller and horror books for children, teens, and adults.
Stine is the creator of the bestselling goosebumps series, which inspired the popular television show, as well as the fear street series and many other spooky tales for children. Soon he learns that the weird stine is a famous writer of horror. Out of curiosity, i picked it up and begain reading the jacket. I do not want to give the whole story away, but i would like to give a recommendation to r. Stine was born on october 8, 1943, in columbus, ohio. In party games, rachel is thrilled to be invited to brendan fears exclusive birthday party on fear island when rachel arrives at the island, a scavenger hunt turns up some horrifying surpr. Goosebumps horrorland series collection r l stine 18 books box set. It was a winning formula then, the basis for stines countless book series and tv showsand i think his books still offers a lot of guidance and wisdom for us as adults. The new girl is one of the twelve fear street books that were reprinted in 2005. While babysitting, she gets menacing phone calls from someone and finds a threatening note in her backpack. Until brady starts to see a strange figure with a terribly scarred face following him everywhere. Stine was born robert lawrence stine in columbus, ohio, on october 8, 1943. The new girl is as pale as a ghost, blond, and shelve the new girl. The legendary kids horror author outlines his intentions for the class and encourages you to forget the idea that writing is difficult.
This book had a lot of twists and turns in it, especially in the end. Books like the surprise party are why i like old school ya horror. Stine, whose books have been exceptionally popular among eight to twelveyearolds. Or vampires, sasquatches, wisecracking demonic ventriloquists dummies, or any of the other supernatural creatures whove crept through the pages of his mega. A bit cheesy, not fully as developed as ya horror now but fun and freaky and a good time to read. Fear street is a teenage horror fiction series written by american author r. The character is based on the author of the goosebumps books, r. Stine for his goosebumbs book, i started reading them when i was seven years old, they are great. List of goosebumps books including amount of ar points and reading level information.
On the 25th year anniversary of goosebumps, r l stine tells us how he never wanted to be a horror. The memory of his girlfriend killed in a gruesome sledding accident last year is beginning to fade. Stine said that unlike most authors, his story ideas always start with a creepy book title. Stine was born on october 8, 1943 in columbus, ohio, usa as robert lawrence stine. L cole hant e by stine, rl book the fast free shipping. Some of his other works include a space cadets trilogy, two hark gamebooks, and dozens of joke books. Stines many novels and novellas feel free to contribute if you dare. Published on october 9, 2012, the book is stine s second adult hardcover horror novel. Stine invented the teen horror genre with fear street, the bestselling teen horror series of all time. In july 1992, scholastic introduced his goosebumps book series with welcome to dead house. Stine has described himself as a fearful child among his two siblings and said that it was her mother who read the first horror book him and that inspired him to write mostly horror fiction novels and became a specialist in that genre. Stine co parachute publishing 157 columbus avenue room 518 new york, ny 10023.
With more than 80 million copies sold around the world, fear street is one of the bestselling young adult series of all time. The first edition of the novel was published in 20, and was written by r. I remember days spend laying on my bed just consuming book after book. With overall sales in excess of 100 million copies and ongoing sales of more than a million copies a month, stine may well be the bestselling author in the world. Story highlights stine has written more than 300 books that have sold a. When i was a joke book writer, he says, i was known as jovial bob stine. Stine new and old fans alike will be dying to get their hands on the latest addition to master of horror r. Stines hundreds of horror novels, plus joke books and game books have sold over 400 million copies. In summary, i really liked blind date and i have read several of his youngadult books from my school library. When i started writing horror, i decided to use my intials because they sounded more serious. I think these original fear street books are the real meat of stine s writing, when greater care was given to the story and the characters and in making the reader feel scared. Stine started his career as a writer by writing humor books for kids and created the humor magazine bananas. Unless you look online, its a rather hard book to find in some places. Stine is an extremely prolific author who written well over 400 books and has sold as many as 400 million books as of 2008.
I guess you can say that i love scaring people here are the book lists. Stine, who is often called the stephen king of childrens literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the goosebumps, rotten school, mostly ghostly, the nightmare room and fear street series. Stine, who is often called the stephen king of childrens literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas. The guinness book of world records named stine as the bestselling childrens book series author of all time. Stine was very prolific, and not all of his stuff was on the same level, but ive been lucky with the two ive revisited so far, enjoying sunburn and now the knife. Recently, the two of them got together and asked the questions theyve always wanted to ask each other. Both the original and the reprint cover illustrations depict slappy the dummy evilly staring at the reader, his mouth agape. Stine, author of the multimillionselling fear street and goosebumps series. The main characters of this horror, young adult story are. Stine once tells us a gruesome story which is a little farfetched of a girl trying to solve the identity of the person who is after her. His goosebumps series, which was the bestselling series of all time for many years, is widely considered the consummate horror series for kids, with more than four hundred million copies sold. Stines books in order of when they were originally published and in chronological order. The character is played by jack black, who also voiced slappy the dummy and brent green.
I honestly believe this is one of the best books ive ever read and i wish r. Today i am sharing a book series that contains 62 books. This summary of fear street includes a complete plot. It is a series of horror fiction novellas written by r. Maybe because theyve done so many scary books together. Stines books have sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide.
Stine became a published fiction author in 1981 with the novel gnasty gnomes. Longtime readers will chuckle and squirm at all the right places, only rolling their eyes at the melodrama. Stine likes it so much, in fact, that he nominated it. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Here you will find quizzes that focus on one specific book from the pen of r. The story follows siblings luke and lizzy who get trapped inside a terrifying amusement park. He also changed the face of childrens publishing with the megasuccessful goosebumps series, which went on to become a worldwide multimedi. 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. I read the book back when i was a freashman in highschool im a senior now and it was the fastest book i had read. It was later followed up by night of the living dummy ii in 1995 and night of the living dummy iii in 1996. Bob reveals how to stay alert for ideas and shares three great places to find them. Its always fun reading a thriller where you are trying to figure out who the killer is.