Early life
Stine was born on October 8, 1943 inCareer
Stine wrote dozens of humor books for kids under the name Jovial Bob Stine and created the humor magazine ''Bananas''. ''Bananas'' was written forAwards and recognition
According to ''Personal life
On June 22, 1969, Stine married Jane Waldhorn, an editor and writer who later co-founded Parachute Press in 1983. The couple's only child, Matthew (born June 7, 1980), works in the music industry.Bibliography
Original series
''Goosebumps''
= ''Goosebumps (Original Series)''
= * ''Welcome to Dead House (1992)'' * ''Stay Out of the Basement (1992)'' * ''Monster Blood (1992)'' * ''Say Cheese and Die! (1992)'' * ''The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1993)'' * ''Let’s Get Invisible! (1993)'' * ''Night of the Living Dummy (1993)'' * ''The Girl Who Cried Monster (1993)'' * ''Welcome to Camp Nightmare (1993)'' * ''The Ghost Next Door (1993)'' * ''The Haunted Mask (1993)'' * ''Be Careful What You Wish For (1993)'' * ''Piano Lessons Can Be Murder (1993)'' * ''The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (1993)'' * ''You Can’t Scare Me! (1994)'' * ''One Day at HorrorLand (1994)'' * ''Why I’m Afraid of Bees (1994)'' * ''Monster Blood II (1994)'' * ''Deep Trouble (1994)'' * ''The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (1994)'' * ''Go Eat Worms! (1994)'' * ''Ghost Beach (1994)'' * ''Return of the Mummy (1994)'' * ''Phantom of the Auditorium (1994)'' * ''Attack of the Mutant (1994)'' * ''My Hairiest Adventure (1994)'' * ''A Night in Terror Tower (1995)'' * ''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (1995)'' * ''Monster Blood III (1995)'' * ''It Came from Beneath the Sink! (1995)'' * ''Night of the Living Dummy II (1995)'' * ''The Barking Ghost (1995)'' * ''The Horror at Camp Jellyjam (1995)'' * ''Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes (1995)'' * ''A Shocker on Shock Street (1995)'' * ''The Haunted Mask II (1995)'' * ''The Headless Ghost (1995)'' * ''The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena (1995)'' * ''How I Got My Shrunken Head (1996)'' * ''Night of the Living Dummy III (1996)'' * ''Bad Hare Day (1996)'' * ''Egg Monsters from Mars (1996)'' * ''The Beast from the East (1996)'' * ''Say Cheese and Die - Again! (1996)'' * ''Ghost Camp (1996)'' * ''How to Kill a Monster (1996)'' * ''Legend of the Lost Legend (1996)'' * ''Attack of the Jack-O’-Lanterns (1996)'' * ''Vampire Breath (1996)'' * ''Calling All Creeps! (1996)'' * ''Beware, the Snowman (1997)'' * ''How I Learned to Fly (1997)'' * ''Chicken, Chicken (1997)'' * ''Don’t Go to Sleep! (1997)'' * ''The Blob That Ate Everyone! (1997)'' * ''The Curses of Camp Cold Lake (1997)'' * ''My Best Friend is Invisible(1997)'' * ''Deep Trouble II (1997)'' * ''The Haunted School (1997)'' * ''Werewolf Skin (1997)'' * ''I Live in Your Basement! (1997)'' * ''Monster Blood IV (1997)''= ''Tales to Give You Goosebumps Anthologies''
= *''Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1994)'' *''More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1995)'' *''Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1996)'' *''Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1997)'' *''More and More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1997)'' *''More and More and More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1997)''= ''Give Yourself Goosebumps''
= * ''Escape from the Carnival of Horrors (1995)'' * ''Tick Tock, You’re Dead! (1995)'' * ''Trapped in Bat Wing Hall (1995)'' * ''The Deadly Experiments of Dr. Eeek (1996)'' * ''Night in Werewolf Woods (1996)'' * ''Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter (1996)'' * ''Under the Magician’s Spell (1996)'' * ''The Curse of the Creeping Coffin (1996)'' * ''The Knight in Screaming Armor (1996)'' * ''Diary of a Mad Mummy (1996)'' * ''Deep in the Jungle of Doom (1996)'' * ''Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum (1996)'' * ''Scream of the Evil Genie (1997)'' * ''The Creepy Creatures of Professor Shock (1997)'' * ''Please Don’t Feed the Vampire! (1997)'' * ''Secret Agent Grandma (1997)'' * ''Little Comic Shop of Horrors (1997)'' * ''Attack of the Beastly Babysitter (1997)'' * ''Escape from Camp Run-For-Your-Life (1997)'' * ''Toy Terror: Batteries Included (1997)'' * ''The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island (1997)'' * ''Return to the Carnival of Horrors (1997)'' * ''Zapped in Space (1997)'' * ''Lost in Stinkeye Swamp (1997)'' * ''Shop Til You Drop...Dead! (1998)'' * ''Alone in Snakebite Canyon (1998)'' * ''Checkout Time at the Dead-End Hotel (1998)'' * ''Night of a Thousand Claws (1998)'' * ''Invaders from the Big Screen (1998)'' * ''You’re Plant Food! (1998)'' * ''The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge (1998)'' * ''It’s Only a Nightmare (1998)'' * ''It Came from the Internet! (1999)'' * ''Elevator to Nowhere (1999)'' * ''Hocus-Pocus Horror (1999)'' * ''Ship of Ghouls (1999)'' * ''Escape from Horror House (1999)'' * ''Into the Twister of Terror (1999)'' * ''Scary Birthday to You (1999)'' * ''Zombie School (1999)'' * ''Danger Time (2000)'' * ''All-Day Nightmare (2000)''= ''Give Yourself Goosebumps: Special Edition''
= * ''Into the Jaws of Doom (1998)'' * ''Return to Terror Tower (1998)'' * ''Trapped in the Circus of Fear (1998)'' * ''One Night in Payne House (1998)'' * ''The Curse of the Cave Creatures (1999)'' * ''Revenge of the Body Squeezers (1999)'' * ''Trick or...Trapped! (1999)'' * ''Weekend at Poison Lake (1999)''= ''Goosebumps Presents''
= * ''The Girl Who Cried Monster (1996)'' * ''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (1996)'' * ''Welcome to Camp Nightmare (1996)'' * ''Return of the Mummy (1996)'' * ''Night of the Living Dummy II (1996)'' * ''My Hairiest Adventure (1996)'' * ''The Headless Ghost (1996)'' * ''Be Careful What You Wish For (1997)'' * ''Go Eat Worms! (1997)'' * ''Bad Hare Day (1997)'' * ''Let’s Get Invisible! (1997)'' * ''Attack of the Mutant (1997)'' * ''Ghost Beach (1997)'' * ''You Can’t Scare Me! (1997)'' * ''Monster Blood (1997)'' * ''Attack of the Jack-o’-Lanterns (1997)'' * ''Calling All Creeps! (1997)'' * ''Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes (1998)'' * ''The Blob That Ate Everyone (1998)''= ''Goosebumps Series 2000''
= *''Cry of the Cat (1998)'' *''Bride of the Living Dummy (1998)'' *''Creature Teacher (1998)'' *''Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part I (1998)'' *''Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part II (1998)'' *''I Am Your Evil Twin (1998)'' *''Revenge R Us (1998)'' *''Fright Camp (1998)'' *''Are You Terrified Yet? (1998)'' *''Headless Halloween (1998)'' *''Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls (1998)'' *''Brain Juice (1998)'' *''Return to HorrorLand (1999)'' *''Jekyll and Heidi (1999)'' *''Scream School (1999)'' *''The Mummy Walks (1999)'' *''The Werewolf in the Living Room (1999)'' *''Horrors of the Black Ring (1999)'' *''Return to Ghost Camp (1999)'' *''Be Afraid – Be Very Afraid! (1999)'' *''The Haunted Car (1999)'' *''Full Moon Fever (1999)'' *''Slappy's Nightmare (1999)'' *''Earth Geeks Must Go! (1999)'' *''Ghost in the Mirror (2000)''= ''Goosebumps HorrorLand''
= * ''Welcome to HorrorLand: A Survival Guide (2009)'' *''Revenge of the Living Dummy (2008)'' *''Creep from the Deep (2008)'' *''Monster Blood for Breakfast! (2008)'' *''The Scream of the Haunted Mask (2008)'' *''Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz (2008)'' *''Who's Your Mummy? (2009)'' *''My Friends Call Me Monster (2009)'' *''Say Cheese – And Die Screaming! (2009)'' *''Welcome to Camp Slither (2009)'' *''Help! We Have Strange Powers! (2009)'' *''Escape from HorrorLand (2009)'' *''The Streets of Panic Park (2009)'' *''When the Ghost Dog Howls (2010)'' *''Little Shop of Hamsters (2010)'' *''Heads, You Lose! (2010)'' *''Weirdo Halloween (2010)'' *''The Wizard Of Ooze (2010)'' *''Slappy's New Year! (2010)'' *''The Horror at Chiller House (2011)''= ''Goosebumps HorrorLand: Hall of Horrors''
= *''Claws! (2011)'' *''Night of Giant Everything (2011)'' *''The Five Masks of Dr. Screem (2011)'' *''Why I Quit Zombie School (2011)'' *''Don't Scream! (2011)'' *''The Birthday Party of No Return (2011)''= ''
= ''Goosebumps Most Wanted: Special Edition''
= *''Zombie Halloween (2014)'' *''The 12 Screams of Christmas (2014)'' *''Trick or Trap (2015)'' *''The Haunter (2016)''= Goosebumps SlappyWorld
= * Slappy Birthday to You (2017) * Attack of the Jack! (2017) * I Am Slappy's Evil Twin (2017) * Please Do Not Feed The Weirdo (2018) * Escape From Shudder Mansion (2018) * The Ghost of Slappy (2018) * It's Alive! It's Alive! (2019) * The Dummy Meets The Mummy! (2019) * Revenge of the Invisible Boy (2019) * Diary of a Dummy (2020) * They Call Me the Night Howler (2020) * My Friend Slappy (2020) * Monster Blood Is Back (2021) * Fifth Grade Zombies (2021) * Judy and the Beast (2021) * Slappy in Dreamland (2022) * Haunting with the Stars (2022) * Slappy Beware! (2022) * Night of the Squawker (2023)''Fear Street''
#'' The New Girl (1989)'' #''The Surprise Party (1989)'' #''The Overnight (1989)'' #''Missing (1990)'' #''The Wrong Number (1990)'' #''The Sleepwalker (1990)'' #''Haunted (1990)'' #''Halloween Party (1990)'' #''The Stepsister (1990)'' #''Ski Weekend (1991)'' #''The Fire Game (1991)'' #''Lights Out (1991)'' #''The Secret Bedroom (1991)'' #''The Knife (1991)'' #''The Prom Queen (1992)'' #''First Date (1992)'' #''The Best Friend (1992)'' #''The Cheater (1993)'' #''Sunburn (1993)'' #''The New Boy (1994)'' #''The Dare (1994)'' #''Bad Dreams (1994)'' #''Double Date (1994)'' #''The Thrill Club (1994)'' #''One Evil Summer (1994)'' #''The Mind Reader (1994)'' #''Wrong Number 2 (1995)'' #''Truth or Dare (1995)'' #''Dead End (1995)'' #''Final Grade (1995)'' #''Switched (1995)'' #''College Weekend (1995)'' #''The Stepsister 2 (1995)'' #''What Holly Heard (1996)'' #''The Face (1996)'' #''Secret Admirer (1996)'' #''The Perfect Date (1996)'' #''The Confession (1996)'' #''The Boy Next Door (1996)'' #''Night Games (1996)'' #''Runaway (1997)'' #''Killer's Kiss (1997)'' #''All-Night Party (1997)'' #''The Rich Girl (1997)'' #''Cat (1997)'' #''Fear Hall: The Beginning (1997)'' #''Fear Hall: The Conclusion (1997)'' #''Who Killed The Homecoming Queen? (1997)'' #''Into The Dark (1997)'' #''Best Friend 2 (1997)'' #''Trapped (1997)''=''New Fear Street''
= #''The Stepbrother'' #''Camp Out'' #''Scream, Jennifer, Scream!'' #''The Bad Girl''=''Fear Street Super Chiller''
= #''Party Summer'' #''Silent Night'' #''Goodnight Kiss'' #''Broken Hearts'' #''Silent Night 2'' #''The Dead Lifeguard'' #''Cheerleaders: The New Evil'' #''Bad Moonlight'' #''The New Year's Party'' #''Goodnight Kiss 2'' #''Silent Night 3'' #''High Tide'' #''Cheerleaders: The Evil Lives!''=''Cheerleaders''
= #''The First Evil'' #''The Second Evil'' #''The Third Evil'' #''The New Evil'' #''The Evil Lives!''=''The Fear Street Saga Trilogy''
= #''The Betrayal'' #''The Secret'' #''The Burning''=''99 Fear Street: The House of Evil''
= #''The First Horror'' #''The Second Horror'' #''The Third Horror''=''Cataluna Chronicles''
= #''The Evil Moon'' #''The Dark Secret'' #''The Deadly Fire''=''Fear Park''
= #''The First Scream'' #''The Loudest Scream'' #''The Last Scream''=''Fear Street Sagas''
= #''A New Fear'' #''House of Whispers'' #''Forbidden Secrets'' #''The Sign of Fear'' #''The Hidden Evil'' #''Daughters of Silence'' #''Children of Fear'' #''Dance of Death'' #''Heart of the Hunter'' #''The Awakening Evil'' #''Circle of Fire'' #''Chamber of Fear'' #''Faces of Terror'' #''One Last Kiss'' #''Door of Death'' #''The Hand of Power''=''Fear Street Seniors''
= #''Let's Party'' #''In Too Deep'' #''The Thirst'' #''No Answer'' #''Last Chance'' #''The Gift'' #''Fight Team, Fight'' #''Sweetheart, Evil Heart'' #''Spring Break'' #''Wicked'' #''The Prom Date'' #''Graduation Day''=''Fear Street Nights''
= #''Moonlight Secrets'' #''Midnight Games'' #''Darkest Dawn''''A Fear Street Never''
#''Party Games'' #''Don't Stay Up Late'' #''The Lost Girl''= ''Return to Fear Street''
= # ''You May Now Kill The Bride'' # ''The Wrong Girl'' # ''Drop Dead Gorgeous''= ''Ghosts of Fear Street (not written by R.L. Stine)''
= #''Hide and Shriek'' #''Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave?'' #''The Attack of the Aqua Apes'' #''Nightmare in 3-D'' #''Stay Away from the Tree House'' #''Eye of the Fortuneteller'' #''Fright Knight'' #''The Ooze'' #''Revenge of the Shadow People'' #''The Bugman Lives!'' #''The Boy Who Ate Fear Street'' #''Night of the Werecat'' #''How to Be a Vampire'' #''Body Switchers from Outer Space'' #''Fright Christmas'' #''Don't Ever Get Sick at Granny's'' #''House of a Thousand Screams'' #''Camp Fear Ghouls'' #''Three Evil Wishes'' #''Spell of the Screaming Jokers'' #''The Creature from Club Lagoona'' #''Field of Screams'' #''Why I'm Not Afraid of Ghosts'' #''Monster Dog'' #''Halloween Bugs Me!'' #''Go to Your Tomb – Right Now!'' #''Parents from the 13th Dimension'' #''Hide and Shriek II'' #''The Tale of the Blue Monkey'' #''I Was a Sixth-Grade Zombie'' #''Escape of the He-Beast'' #''Caution: Aliens at Work'' #''Attack of the Vampire Worms'' #''Horror Hotel Pt. 1: The Vampire Checks in'' #''Horror Hotel Pt. 2: Ghost in the Guest Room'' #''The Funhouse of Dr. Freek'' (Unreleased)''Mostly Ghostly''
* ''Who Let the Ghosts Out? (2004)'' (Made into a film in 2008) * ''Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2004)'' (Made into a film in 2014) * ''One Night in Doom House (2005)'' (Made into a film in 2016) * ''Little Camp of Horrors (2005)'' * ''Ghouls Gone Wild! (2005)'' * ''Let's Get This Party Haunted! (2005)'' * ''Freaks and Shrieks (2005)'' * ''Don't Close Your Eyes! (2006)''''Rotten School'' (2005-2008)
*''The Big Blueberry Barf-Off!'' *''The Great Smelling Bee'' *''The Good, the Bad and the Very Slimy'' *''Lose, Team, Lose!'' *''Shake, Rattle and Hurl!'' *''The Heinie Prize'' *''Dudes, the School is Haunted!'' *''The Teacher from Heck'' *''Party Poopers'' *''The Rottenest Angel'' *''Punk'd and Skunked'' *''Battle of the Dum Diddys'' *''Got Cake?'' *''Night of the Creepy Things'' *''Calling All Birdbrains'' *''Dumb Clucks''''The Nightmare Room''
*''Don't Forget Me!'' *''Locker 13'' *''My Name is Evil'' *''Liar Liar'' *''Dear Diary, I'm Dead'' *''They Call Me Creature'' *''The Howler'' *''Shadow Girl'' *''Camp Nowhere'' *''Full Moon Halloween'' *''Scare School'' *''Visitors''=''The Nightmare Room Thrillogy'' (2001)
= *''Fear Games'' *''What Scares You the Most?'' *''No Survivors''''Space Cadets''
*''Jerks-in-Training (1991)'' *''Losers in Space (1991)'' *''Bozos on Patrol (1992)''''Hark''
*''The Badlands of Hark (1985)'' *''The Invaders of Hark (1985)''''Dangerous Girls''
*''Just Beyond (graphic novel series)
* ''The Scare School (2019)'' * ''The Horror At Happy Landings (2020)'' * ''Welcome To Beast Island (2020)'' * ''Monstrosity (2021)''Stand-alone novels
*''Phone Calls (1990)'' *''Curtains (1990)'' *''The Beast (1994)'' *''The Beast 2 (1995)'' *''Anthologies
*'' The Nightmare Hour (2000)'' *''The Haunting Hour (2002) (made into direct-to-DVD movie in 2007 and aRainy Night Theater Podcast short stories
* "The Head Start" (2016) * "Welcome To My Nightmare" (2016) *"Lucky at Cards" (2016) *"Don't Open The Box" (2016) *"How To Color A Monster" (2016) *"The Terror After School" (2017) *"The Kid Behind the Door" (2017) *"Curse of the Smiling Mummy" (2017) *"Can You Keep a Secret?" (2017) *"Do Some Damage!" (2017)Short stories (from other anthologies)
*"The Spell" (1991) from ''Scary: Stories That Will Make You Scream'' and ''13: Tales of Horror'' *"The Surprise Guest" (2002) from ''Beware!'' *"Joe Is Not A Monster" (2002) from ''Beware!'' *"The House Of No Return" (2002) from ''Scary 2: More Stores That Will Make You Scream'' *"Wifey" (2006) from ''Death Do Us Part'' *"My Worst Nightmare" (2009) from ''Half Minute Horrors'' *"The Wrong Room" (2009) from Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary *"Roomful Of Witnesses" (2009) from ''Thriller 2'' *"The Three Eyed Man" (2010) from ''Bones: Terrifying Tales to Haunt Your Dreams'' *"Funny Things" (2011) from ''What You Wish For: A Book On Darfur'' *"High Stakes" (2013) from ''The Mystery Box'' *"Gaslighted" (2015) from ''Faceoff'' *"Disappear!" (2015) from ''Guys Read: Terrifying Tales'' *"The Old Radio" (2016) from ''Scary Out There'' *"The Demon Room" (2019) (comic) from ''Shock Volume 2'' *"The Ghost In Sam's Closet" (2020) from ''Don't Turn Out The Lights'' *"Hope I Don't See A Ghost" (2022) from ''Hope Wins: A Collection Of Inspiring Stories For Young Readers''Books written under the name Jovial Bob Stine
*''How to Be Funny (1978)'' *''The Absurdly Silly Encyclopaedia and Fly Swatter (1978)'' *''Going Out! Going Steady! Going Bananas! (1979)'' *''Dynamite's Funny Book of the Sad Facts of Life (1980)'' *''The Sick of Being Sick Book (1980)'' *''Pigs' Book of World Records (1980)'' *''Complete Book Of Nerds'' (1980) *''Gnasty Gnomes (1981)'' *''Cool Kids' Guide to Summer Camp (1981)'' *''Don't Stand in the Soup (1982)'' *''The Great Superman Movie Book (1982)'' *''Bored Of Being Bored: How To Beat The Boredom Blahs (1982)'' *''Blips: The First Book of Videogame Funnies (1983)'' *''Everything You Need To Survive Money Problems (1983)'' *''Everything You Need To Survive Money Problems (1983)'' *''Jovial Bob's Computer Joke Book (1985)'' *''Masters of the Universe: Demons of the Deep'' ''(1985)'' *''The Madballs Handbook (1986)'' *''101 Silly Monster Jokes (1986)'' *''Miami Mice (1986)'' *''Doggone Dog Joke Book (1987)'' *''Books written under the name Zachary Blue
*''The Protectors #1: The Petrova Twist (1987)'' *''The Protectors #2: The Jet Fighter Trap (1987)''Comic books
*'' Man-Thing (2019)''Contributions to other series
Crosswinds
*''Crosswinds #21: Broken Date (1988)'' *''Crosswinds #32: How I Broke Up With Ernie (1990)''Twist-a-plot
*''The Time Raider (1982)'' *''Golden Sword of Dragonwalk (1983)'' *''Horrors of the Haunted Museum (1983)'' *''Instant Millionaire (1984)''Find Your Fate
*''Indiana Jones and the Curse of Horror Island (1984)'' *''Indiana Jones and the Giants of the Silver Tower (1984)'' *''Indiana Jones and the Cult of the Mummy's Crypt (1985)'' *''James Bond in Win, Place or Die (1985)'' *''Indiana Jones and the Ape Slaves of Howling Island (1986)''Find Your Fate Junior: Golden Girl
*''Golden Girl and the Vanishing Unicorn (1986)''Advanced Dungeons And Dragons Storybook
* The Forest Of EnchantmentWizards, Warriors and You
*''The Forest of Twisted Dreams'' (1984) *''The Siege of the Dragonriders'' (as Eric Affabee) (1984) *''Challenge of the Wolf Knight'' (1985) *''The Dragon Queen's Revenge'' (as Eric Affabee) (1986) *''The Impostor King'' (1986) *''Cavern of the Phantoms'' (1986) *''Attack on the King'' (as Eric Affabee) (1986)G.I. Joe: Find Your Fate
*''Operation: Star Raider'' (as Eric Affabee) (1985) *''Operation: Deadly Decoy'' (1986) *''Operation: Mindbender'' (1986) *''Serpentor and the Mummy Warrior'' (1987)G.I. Joe
*''Siege of Serpentor'' (1988) *''Jungle Raid'' (1988)Horror High
*''Horror High #3: Grave Intentions'' *''Horror High #4: Fatal Kiss'' *''Horror High #6: Deadly Rumours''Point Horror
*''Blind Date (1986)'' *''Twisted (1987)'' *'' The Babysitter (1989)'' *''Beach Party (1990)'' *''The Boyfriend (1990)'' *'' The Babysitter II (1991)'' *''The Girlfriend (1991)'' *''The Snowman (1991)'' *''Beach House (1992)'' *''Hit and Run (1992)'' *''The Hitchhiker (1992)'' *''Halloween Night (1993)'' *'' The Babysitter III (1993)'' *''The Dead Girlfriend (1993)'' *''Call Waiting (1994)'' *''Halloween Night II (1994)'' *''I Saw You That Night! (1994)'' *'' The Babysitter IV (1995)'' *''Summer Sizzlers (1995)'' (Point Romance Short Story Anthology)Garbage Pail Kids
* ''Welcome To Smellville (2020)'' * ''Thrills and Chills (2021)'' * ''Camp Daze (2021)''See also
* ''Dynamite'' (magazine) * Weird fiction *Explanatory notes
Citations
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