Recently, the two of them got together and asked the questions theyve always wanted to. Stine has written more than two hundred thriller and horror books for children, teens, and adults. Inside, the card showed a coffin with the inscription reserved for you. Halloween night is the fortythird book in the point horror series, and the twelfth in the series to be written by r. Goosebumps is a series of childrens horror fiction novellas by american author r. In those days, when i wasnt buried in a stephen king novel, nine times out of ten i was reading l. Stine book as it has been gathering dust on my bookshelf since i was a child. He lived in wardenclyffe, new york from 1975 to 1985, and wrote an unpublished goosebumps book titled haunted halloween. Haunted halloween, stines background is elaborated on. In the first decade of the 21st century, stine worked on installments of five different book series, mostly ghostly, rotten school, fear street, the nightmare room, goosebumps horrorland and the standalone novels dangerous girls 2003 and the taste of night 2004. However believable his plots seem to his readers, stine insists he has never lived one of his stories. So far, he has sold over 400 million books, making. Halloween night was among the many point horror books i read in the early 90s, between the ages of 12 to 15. Stine after realizing the book they found was an unpublished goosebumps manuscript called haunted halloween.
Halloween holds no fear for the childrens book author r. Born in 1943 as robert lawrence stine in columbus, ohio, he moved to new york after graduating from ohio state university. Stine a chat with the bestselling childrens author. Her best friend, devin obannon, is going away for the week and shes got. Stine halloween night halloween night ii from bloody handwriting on a wall to a mad rash of costume switching, evil events on halloween night escalate, until it. Stine oct 29, 2019 global nav open menu global nav close menu. Stine on reviving fear street and why he loves twitter vulture.
He is a writer and producer, known for goosebumps 2015, eureekas castle 1989 and the au pair. Stine were thinking along the same lines, because goosebumps the movie takes quite literally the notion of the power of. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Edt cnn robert lawrence stine is the bestselling childrens author in history. He lives in new york city with his wife, jane, and their dog. Stine broke his longheld media silence monday to announce that slappy, the evil ventriloquists dummy from the goosebumps night of the living dummy trilogy, was a homosexual. Stine lives in new york with his wife, jane, and minnie, his king charles spaniel.
Halloween night ii is a book in the point horror series and the sequel to halloween night by. Because halley keeps stealing other peoples boyfriends. Stine and jovial bob stine, is an american novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. It was followedup by a sequel in 1994 with halloween night ii. Goosebumps cast a spell upon children by transforming even the most reluctant students into avid readers.
Despite the fact that almost every book has a different collection of characters, the series has one common element that kids cant get enough of. Stine, author of the multimillionselling fear street and goosebumps series, lives in new york city with his wife, jane, an editor and publisher, and their dog, minnie. From 1992 to 1997, 62 books were published under the goosebumps umbrella title. Maybe because theyve done so many scary books together. It was perfectly fitting for an allnight halloween party on fear street. R l stine brenda and her friends decide to plan the perfect murder at a halloween party. Unusually prolific, he has written many other series, including fear street, mostly ghostly, and. Maybe the makers of the new feature film based on the books by r. A night in terror tower is the twentyseventh book in goosebumps, the series of childrens horror fiction novels created and authored by r. Stine stine, who is often called the stephen king of childrens literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the goosebumps, rotten school, mostly ghostly, the nightmare room and fear street series. R l stine from bloody handwriting on a wall to a mad rash of costume switching, evil events on halloween night escalate, until it. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, may not be included. Being specialists in writing childrens literature, he is rightly regarded as the stephen king of.
That night, they find an article online about the events that happened in madison, delaware and try to contact r. Stine was born on october 8, 1943 in columbus, ohio, usa as robert lawrence stine. Stine halloween night halloween night ii from bloody handwriting on a wall to a mad rash of costume switching, evil events on halloween night escalate, until it is difficult to tell who is killing whom. Show dont point that horror at me, ep halloween night by r. Halley, everyday, made brenda mad, some times, she even mad her friends, traci and dina mad. His goosebumps series, which was the bestselling series of all time for many years, is widely considered the consummate horror series for kids, with more than four hundred million copies sold. Dont think about it, starring emily osment was released by universal. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
I dont know why he wrote this, but it seemed like the it was just put out for money, the killer was predictable, even though it made no sense as to why the killer was going around killing. Stine invented the teen horror genre with fear street, the bestselling teen horror series of all time. He has been writing fright into his books for 20 years with his goosebumps. The plot is well written and the bitterness brenda has for halley is believable, reminding me of how i felt about a few relatives at the age. He has written over hundreds of novels of horror fiction genre. After i retweeted the new york times piece announcing the news, it went on the whole night.
But terry and his girlfriend niki wondered why they had been invited. Luann franklin is funloving and always looking forward to halloween. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Stine has written the teen series fear street and the funny series rotten school, as well as the mostly ghostly series, the nightmare room series, and the twobook thriller dangerous girls. Tim did the cover paintings for more than 80 goosebumps books, as well as the six amazing amazon books. Robert lawrence stine born october 8, 1943, known as r. This week, i spoke to stine about his halloween plans, how it feels to be too old to play. He also changed the face of childrens publishing with the megasuccessful goosebumps series, which guinness world records cites as the bestselling childrens books ever, and went on to become a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. Stine co parachute publishing 157 columbus avenue room 518 new york, ny 10023. Also, a directtodvd movie the haunting hour volume one.
Learn more about red rain at new york times bestselling author of the famed goosebumps series, r. There are several twist and turns throughout the book, including a stabbing at the party. The stories follow child characters, who find themselves in scary situations. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling childrens author in history. The invitation arrived in a blackbordered envelope. Stine is a famous american bestseller author and television producer, who lives in ohio, united states. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. From bloody handwriting on a wall to a mad rash of costume switching, evil events on halloween night escalate, until it is difficult to tell who is killing whom. Halleys parents were going through a divorce, and she had a hard time going along with it. Rowling, before there was stephenie meyer or suzanne collins, there was r. Halloween night is the fortythird book in the point horror series, and the twelfth in the. He also changed the face of childrens publishing with the megasuccessful goosebumps series, which went on to become a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. Halloween night 2 is a predictable, unscary read, making readers forget that r.
Stine, who is often called the stephen king of childrens literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas. In honor of its 20th anniversary, for the first time ever goosebumps is in hard cover. Patel halloween night is a book about a girl named brenda whose cousin, halley, had to spent a long time at her house. Stine has written other series including fear street, rotten school, mostly ghostly, the nightmare room, and dangerous girls. These notorious goosebumps villains are wanted undead or alive. His spinetingling stories for young audiences have made r. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. So far, he has sold over 350 million books, making him.