Known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, Robert Lawrence Stine is an American novelist and writer, well-known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, often referred to as the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the Goosebumps books, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
R. L. Stine began his writing career at the age of nine and today he has attained the position of bestselling author of children in history. Stine was catapulted into fame in the early 1990's when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold over 250 million copies and became a multimedia phenomenon worldwide. His other major series, Fear Street, had sold more than 80 million copies.
Stine has received numerous recognition awards, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been chosen by children as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America programme. He currently lives in New York, New York.
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