Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943), known by his pen name R.L. Stine, is an American novelist and screenwriter, 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 games series, a comic series, and two feature films. Stine has been referred to as the "Stephen King of children's literature".
Stines other horror fiction novel series includes Fear Street, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The Nightmare Room. He has also wrote dozens of humor books for children, under the alias Jovial Bob Stine.
