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{{infobox writer
| image= R l stine 2008.jpg
| caption=R. L. Stine at the 2008 Texas Book Festival.
| name= R.L. Stine
| spouse= Jane Waldhorn Stine (1969-Present)
| children= Matthew Stine (1980)
| birthname=Robert Lawrence Stine
| birthdate={{birth date and age|1943|10|8}}
| birthplace = [[Bexley, Ohio]]
}}

''' Matthew Jones Kirk''' (born [[October 8]], [[1943]]),<ref name="age">{{cite web |url=http://www.rlstine.com/#nav/rlstine |title= R.L. Stine - Official Website|accessdate=2008-01-17 |author=R. L. Stine}}</ref> known as '''R. L. Stine''' and '''Jovial Bob Stine''', is a [[United States|American]] [[novelist]] and [[writer]]. Stine, who is often called the "[[Stephen King]] of [[children's literature]]", is the author of dozens of [[horror fiction]] [[novella]]s, including the books in the ''[[Goosebumps]]'', ''[[Rotten School]]'', ''[[Mostly Ghostly]]'', ''[[The Nightmare Room]]'' and ''[[Fear Street]]'' series.

== Biography ==
Stine was born in [[compton[[california
the oldest of three children, to a homemaker mother and a bitch. He began writing at age 9 when he found a typewriter in his attic,<ref name="RL Stine">{{cite news | last =Rodrigues| first =Tracy| coauthors=| title =R.L. Stine, author| pages=| publisher =Time for Kids| date = |url =http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/story/0,6079,176635,00.html| accessdate =2007-01-09 }}</ref> subsequently beginning to type stories and joke books and has been writing ever since. He graduated from [[Ohio State University]] in 1965 and moved to [[New York City]] to become a writer. He wrote dozens of joke books for kids under the pen name '''Jovial Bob Stine''' and created the humor magazine ''[[Bananas (magazine)|Bananas]]'', where he worked for many years with [[Nickelodeon]].

In 1987 Stine wrote his first teen horror novel, ''Blind Date''. He soon followed with the novels ''Beach House'', ''Hit and Run'', and ''The Girlfriend''. He was a co-creator and head writer for the [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon Network]] [[children's television]] show ''[[Eureeka's Castle]]'', original episodes of which aired as part of the [[Nick Jr.]] [[Broadcast programming|programming block]] during the 1989 to 1995 seasons.

In 1990, Stine teamed up with [[Parachute Press]] to create ''[[Fear Street]]''. In 1992, Stine and Parachute went on to launch ''[[Goosebumps]]''. According to Forbes List of the 40 best-paid Entertainers of 1996-97, Stine placed 36th with an income of $41 million for the fiscal year.<ref>[http://www.langston.com/Fun_People/1997/1997AXO.html The 40 best-paid entertainers], [[Forbes Magazine]]</ref> His books have been translated into 32 languages and have sold over 300 million copies worldwide, landing on bestseller lists world wide. In three consecutive years during the 1990s, [[USA Today]] named Stine as America's number one best-selling author. Among the awards he has received are the 2002 Champion of Reading Award from the [[Free Public Library]] of [[Philadelphia]] (that award's first year), the [[Disney Adventures]] Kids' Choice Award for Best Book-Mystery/Horror (three time recipient) and the [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]] (also received three times). During the 1990s, Stine was listed on [[People Weekly]]'s "Most Intriguing People" list, and in 2003, the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] named Stine as the best-selling children's book series author of all time. He won the Thriller Writers of America Silver Bullet Award in 2007. His stories have even inspired ''R.L. Stine's [[Haunted Lighthouse]]'', [[4-D film|4D]] movie-based attractions at [[SeaWorld San Diego]] and [[Busch Gardens Europe]].

Also produced was a TV series that ran for four seasons from 1995-1998 and two video games; [[Escape From Horrorland]] and [[Attack of the Mutant]]. In 1995, Stine released his first novel targeted at adults, called ''[[Superstitious]]'He has since published "The Sitter" and "Eye Candy," thrillers for adults.

In the first decade of the 21st century, Stine has worked on installments of three different book series, ''[[Mostly Ghostly]]'', ''Rotten School'' and ''[[Fear Street]]'' and the stand-alone novels ''[[Dangerous Girls]]'' (2003) and ''[[Dangerous 2: The Taste of Night]]'' (2004). Also, a direct-to-DVD movie [[The Haunting Hour Volume One: Don't Think About It]], starring [[Emily Osment]], based on Stine's ''[[Haunting Hour]]'' series, was released by [[Universal Home Entertainment]] on September 4th, 2007.



=== Personal life ===
In 1969, Stine married Jane Waldhorn, who became an editor and writer and eventually formed [[Parachute Press]] with a business partner. Their only child, a boy named Matthew, was born in 1980. Stine lives with his wife and dog, Minnie.<ref name=age></ref> He has published an autobiography, called ''It Came from Ohio!''

== Bibliography ==
=== Novels ===
*''[[101 Creepy Creature Jokes]]''
*''[[A Night In Terror Tower]]''
*''[[A Shocker On Shock Street]]''
*''[[Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls]]''
*''[[Attack of the Jack O'Lanterns]]''
*''[[Attack of the Mutant]]''
*''[[Bad Hare Day]]''
*''[[Bad Moonlight]]''
*''[[Badlands of Hark]]''
*''[[Beach House]]''
*''[[Be Afraid - Be Very Afraid]]''
*''[[Be Careful What You Wish For... (novella)|Be Careful What You Wish For...]]''
*''[[Beware!]]''
*''[[Beware, The Snowman]]''
*''[[Blind Date (Goosebumps)|Blind Date]]''
*''[[Blips: The First Book of Videogame Funnies]]''
*''[[Broken Date]]''
*''[[Call Waiting (Goosebumps)|Call Waiting]]''
*''[[Calling All Creeps!]]''
*''[[Cheerleader Saga!]]''
*''[[Chicken Chicken]]''
*''[[Cry of the Cat]]''
*''[[Curtains (Goosebumps)|Curtains]]''
*''[[Dangerous Girls I]]''
*''[[Dangerous Girls II: The Taste of Night]]''
*''[[Dear Diary, I'm Dead]]''
*''[[Deep Trouble (novella)|Deep Trouble]]''
*''[[Deep Trouble II]]''
*''[[Don't Close Your Eyes]]''
*''[[Don't Go To Sleep!]]''
*''[[Don't Stand in the Soup]]''
*''[[Darkest Dawn]]
*''[[Egg Monsters From Mars]]''
*''[[Escape from the Carnival of Horrors]]''
*''[[Eye Candy (Goosebumps)|Eye Candy]]''
*''[[Freeze Tag]]''
*''[[Fullmoon Halloween]]''
*''[[Ghost Beach]]''
*''[[Ghost Camp]]''
*''[[Go Eat Worms!]]''
*''[[Halloween Night (Goosebumps)|Halloween Night]]''
*''[[Halloween Night 2]]''
*''[[Hit and Run]]''
*''[[Hitchhiker]]''
*''[[How I Broke Up With Ernie]]''
*''[[How to Be Funny]]''
*''[[How I Got My Shrunken Head]]''
*''[[How to Kill a Monster]]''
*''[[I Live In Your Basement!]]''
*''[[I Saw You That Night!]]''
*''[[Indiana Jones and the Giants of the Silver Tower]]''
*''[[Invaders of Hark]]''
*''[[Invasion of the Body Squeezers]]''
*''[[It Came From Beneath The Sink!]]''
*''[[Jekyll and Heidi]]''
*''[[Killer Kiss]]''
*''[[Legend of the Lost Legend]]''
*''[[Let's Get Invisible!]]''
*''[[Liar, Liar (Goosebumps)|Liar, Liar]]''
*''[[Monster Blood]]''
*''[[Monster Blood II]]''
*''[[Monster Blood III]]''
*''[[Monster Blood IV]]''
*''[[My Best Friend Is Invisible]]''
*''[[My Hairiest Adventure]]''
*''[[Night of the Living Dummy]]''
*''[[Night of the Living Dummy II]]''
*''[[Night of the Living Dummy III]]''
*''[[One Day at Horrorland]]''
*''[[One Evil Summer]]''
*''[[Operation: Mindbender]]'' (part of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series, and [[Find Your Fate]] book series).
*''[[Phantom of the Auditorium]]''
*''[[Phone Calls]]''
*''[[Piano Lessons Can Be Murder]]''
*''[[Return of the Mummy]]''
*''[[Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes]]''
*''[[Revenge R Us]]''
*''[[Say Cheese And Die!]]''
*''[[Say Cheese And Die - Again!]]''
*''[[Siege of Serpentor]]'' (part of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series)
*''[[Serpentor and the Mummy Warrior]]'' (part of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series)
*''[[Snowman]]''
*''[[Stay Out Of The Basement]]''
*''[[Superstitious]]''
*''[[The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena]]''
*''[[The Barking Ghost]]''
*''[[The Blob That Ate Everyone]]''
*''[[The Cuckoo Clock Of Doom]]''
*''[[The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Goosebumps)|The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb]]''
*''[[The Dare]]''
*''[[The Dead Girlfriend]]''
*''[[The Ghost Next Door]]''
*''[[The Girl Who Cried Monster]]''
*''[[The Babysitter (novel)|The Babysitter]]''
*''[[The Babysitter II]]''
*''[[The Babysitter III]]''
*''[[The Babysitter IV]]''
*''[[The Beast]]''
*''[[The Beast 2]]''
*''[[The Beast From The East]]''
*''[[The Best Friend]]''
*''[[The Boyfriend]]''
*''[[The Cry of the Cat]]''
*''[[The Curse of Camp Cold Lake]]''
*''[[The Girlfriend]]''
*''[[The Haunted Car]]''
*''[[The Haunted Mask]]''
*''[[The Haunted Mask II]]''
*''[[The Haunted School]]''
*''[[The Haunting Hour]]''
*''[[The Headless Ghost]]''
*''[[The Horror At Camp Jellyjam]]''
*''[[The Dead Lifeguard]]''
*''[[The Nightmare Hour]]''
*''[[The Nightmare Room]]''
*''[[The Night of the Living Dummy]]''
*''[[The Mind Reader]]''
*''[[The New Year's Pantry]]''
*''[[The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight]]''
*''[[The Sick of Being Sick Book]]''
*''[[The Sitter]]''
*''[[The Time Raider]]'' (part of the [[TwistAPlot]] book series)
*''[[The Werewolf of Fever Swamp]]''
*''[[Three Evil Wishes]]''
*''[[Tick Tock, You're Dead!]]''
*''[[Twisted]]''
*''[[Vampire Breath]]''
*''[[Welcome to Camp Nightmare]]''
*''[[Welcome to Dead House]]''
*''[[Werewolf Skin]]''
*''[[Who Let The Ghosts Out?]]''
*''[[Why I'm Afraid of Bees]]''
*''[[You Can't Scare Me!]]''

====Series====
* [[Goosebumps]]
* [[Goosebumps Series 2000]]
* [[Give Yourself Goosebumps]]
* [[Fear Street]]
* [[Mostly Ghostly|Mostly Ghostly Series]]
* [[Rotten School]]
* [[The Nightmare Room]]
* [[Goosebumps HorrorLand]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.rlstine.com/ Official site]
*{{worldcat id|id=lccn-n85-268710}}
*{{isfdb name|id=R._L._Stine|name=R. L. Stine}}


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