Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943), known by his pen name R.L. Stine, is an American novelist. He is the writer of Goosebumps, a horror fiction novel series which has sold over 400 million copies globally in 35 languages, becoming the second-best-selling book series in history. The series spawned a media franchise including two television series, a video game series, a comic series, and two feature films. Stine has been referred to as the "Stephen King of children's literature".
Stine wrote the teenage horror fiction series Fear Street, which has sold over 80 million copies and has been adapted into a trilogy of films. His other horror fiction novel series includes Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, Nightmare Hour, and The Nightmare Room. He has also wrote dozens of humor books for children, under the alias Jovial Bob Stine.
