Stine invented the teen horror genre with fear street, the bestselling teen horror series of all time. The 10 scariest goosebumps books of all time glamour. Something scary is happening in goosebumps horrorland, the allnew, allterrifying series by r. The series was published by the scholastic publishing and was writing specially for children.
Stine has written more than two hundred thriller and horror books for children, teens, and adults. Goosebumps is a series of childrens horror fiction books by author r. Goosebumps is a canadianamerican horror anthology television series based on r. Stine also won the thriller writers of america silver bullet award and the horror writers association lifetime achievement award. In 1986, stine published blind date, his first horror novel for young adults.
It is an anthology of stories about children finding themselves in creepy and unusual situations, typically involving supernatural elements. Covering everything from revolutionary battles to natural disasters, social movements to witch trails, penguins what was. A brilliant set of terrifying horror adventures that will make the perfect gift for children aged 812 years. Discover the original bonechilling adventures that made goosebumps one of the bestselling childrens book series of all time. Story highlights stine has written more than 300 books that have sold a combined 350 million copies. The story follows siblings luke and lizzy who get trapped inside a terrifying amusement park. On the 25th year anniversary of goosebumps, r l stine tells us how he never wanted to be a horror. The book is almost silly and the ending is frustrating, yet the way it scares children says volumes about stines abilities as an author. The first book in the classic goosebumps series is welcome to the dead house, and the success of the books eventually led to sequel and spinoff. Stine has sold millions of books over the years and has goosebumps 2, his. His first horror novel, blind date, was published in 1986. The first novel of the series was titled welcome to dead house, which was published in july 1992.
The legendary kids horror author outlines his intentions for the class and encourages you to forget the idea that writing is difficult. Make offer rare 1995 vintage goosebumps the official fan club pack coffin only by rl. The fear street series began in 1989 with the new girl. Goosebumps classic series 1 10 books set collection r. Stine books in publication order and chronological order. Stines hundreds of horror novels, plus joke books and game books have sold over 400 million copies.
Stine robby and his sister karla beg their parents to take them to a big carnival that has opened on the other side of town. Goosebumps horrorland series 10 books collection set. 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. Lot of 10 vintage 1990s rl stine goosebumps childrens book, goosebumps, give yourself goosebumps, ghosts of fear street, twist plot no writing or highlighting. Stine with a story so fiendish that it cant be contained to just one book. Stine co parachute publishing 157 columbus avenue room 518 new york, ny 10023. Stine married jane waldhorn on june 22, 1969, and shortly after that, jane became an editor and writer. The main story is about a boy named luke who is about 12 to years and is in 7th grade. Hating the dark rumors spreading about his younger sister, leah, and her strange ability to communicate with animals, luke fier begins to worry about changes in his. Following the success of his young adult horror novels, stine was convinced to write a series for younger readers. So last month when my friend kristy jett was visiting for the i loved rl stine. In the first decade of the 21st century, stine worked on installments of five different book series, mostly ghostly, rotten school, fear street, the nightmare room, goosebumps horrorland and the standalone novels dangerous girls 2003 and the taste of night 2004. The author rl stine writes the books titles first, and then comes up with a plot it is rumoured that he takes about three and half weeks to write a new book. I guess you can say that i love scaring people here are the book lists.
Stine was born robert lawrence stine in columbus, ohio, on october 8, 1943. Stine is one of the most popular childrens authors in history, with more than 400 million books sold to date. Stine a chat with the bestselling childrens author. Schl, the global childrens publishing, education, and media company, has acquired world rights to a picture book written by r. The book follows child characters who fall in scary situations. Stine began writing stories at the age of 9, using an old typewriter that he found. A total of 62 novels were published in the series from 1992 to 1997. 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.
The original series would end in 1998 with the last book in the series being the stepbrother. Stine is an american author of childrens horror novels, science fiction and gothic fiction. Stine bookscomplete setgoosebumps1 through 25 acceptable lot of 30 r. Bob reveals how to stay alert for ideas and shares three great places to find them. The most recent fear street series is fear street nights, published in 2005. Goosebumps horrorland series 10 books collection set by r. Being specialists in writing childrens literature, he is rightly regarded as the.
He also changed the face of childrens publishing with the megasuccessful goosebumps series, which went on to become a worldwide multimedi. Edt cnn robert lawrence stine is the bestselling childrens author in history. Stine has 1065 books on goodreads with 1782861 ratings. Download the who was series app with over 5,500 questions and 100 levels to play on your phone. Stines hugely successful young adult horror series fear street is back with the first new book in almost 2 decades. Unusually prolific, he has written many other series, including fear street, mostly ghostly, and. He moved to new york city in the mid1960s, after graduating from the ohio state university. The first book, welcome to dead house, was published in july 1992. Well, i finally put the lists together but now im in shock. Scholastic to publish picture book by renowned childrens. 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. Stine, the worldwide bestselling author of goosebumps, and illustrated by marc brown, creator of the bestselling arthur adventure book series and creative producer of. It is the newest book in the goosebumps slappyworld series1. Stine masterpiece lived up to its title, and sent chills down our spines with the story of the benson family and their new home in dark falls.
This series was my favorite growing up but i loved all his fear street books. Stine has revealed that he has signed on to write six more goosebumps books. Stine said that unlike most authors, his story ideas always start with a creepy book title. Stine has 1065 books on goodreads with 1782774 ratings. He would start out publishing joke books for kids using the jovial bob stine pen name. Jane created the publishing company, parachute press, which was the company that helped create stines most popular book series. I was the bestselling childrens author, then jk rowling came along. Stine is best known for his horror books for kids, including the fear street and goosebumps series. He launched his popular fear street book series three years later. Stine wrote the very famous goosebumps series which consists of horror fiction novels. He is most commonly know for writing goosebumps, a popular horror series for children.
In 2005, stine concluded his beloved fear street series, assumedly for good. With more than 80 million copies sold around the world, fear street is one of the bestselling young adult series of all time. Goosebumps is a series of childrens horror fiction novels by american author r. Numerous spinoff series were written by stine, including goosebumps series 2000 published from 1998 to 2000, goosebumps gold which was never released, give yourself goosebumps 1995 to 2000, goosebumps horrorland. At age 9, stine was already typing up joke books on his typewriter. Eventually, he would move into the horror genre with the fear street series and goosebumps. In the years that followed, stine worked on a few other series, including the comedic ghost books mostly ghostly and rotten school, a fullon comedy about some very irritating children.
Oct 4, 2018 get goosebumps and more with books by author r. Download rl stines goosebumps original series book 1115 pdf. Stine served as editorinchief of bananas, a humor magazine for children. Author r l stines complete list of books and series in order, with the latest. Stines fear street books in order of when they were first published and in chronological. Stine book when i was little the babysitter books r. He started his wildly popular goosebumps series for children in 1992. When they arrive, the two kids are delighted by the rides, the sideshow, the interesting displays, and the great food booths. This is a list of books from the goosebumps book series written by r.