R l stine biography timeline with pictures

(1943-)

Who Is R.L. Stine?

Top-selling children's book author R.L. Stine started out writing jokes and funny stories. He moved to New York City in the mid-1960s, after graduating from The Ohio State University.

In 1986, Stine published Blind Date, his first horror novel for young adults.

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He launched his popular Fear Street book series three years later. Beginning in 1992, Stine found international acclaim writing the Goosebumps series, which spurred the creation of additional series and nearly 200 books.

Early Life

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Stine was born Robert Lawrence Stine in Columbus, Ohio, on October 8, 1943. Stine began writing stories at the age of 9, using an old typewriter that he found. He initially made up jokes and humorous stories, not the spine-tingling tales that later made him famous.

Stine's father worked as a shipping clerk in a warehouse, and his mother stayed home to look after young Robert and his two siblings.

Stine has described himself as "a very