Author R'L' Stine

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Author R.L. Stine
by John
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R.L.Stine

Stine started writing when he was 9 years old! He
would write stories and jokes on an old
typewriter and hand them out at school.
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His ideas came from two sources his memory and
his imagination. When I write, I try to think
back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to
me, and try to put those feelings into books. He
also keeps a tribal mask and a skeleton hanging
in his writing studio to provide eerie
surroundings. Although he handles the writing by
himself, Stine says he gets lots of help from my
editors, my readers, and my friends.
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Kids reading Goosebumps may be looking for a
scare, but the laughs they get are no accident.
Before he was R.L., he was Jovial Bob, author of
such works as 101 Silly Monster Jokes, and Bozos
on Patrol and editor of Bananas magazine. His
ability to know what kids will laugh at , as well
as what will frighten them, makes the Goosebumps
series all the more enjoyable for his readers.
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Although he never experienced terror first hand,
he did enjoy reading about it. When I was a kid,
there were these great comic books called Tales
From The Crypt and The Vault of Horror. They were
gruesome. I discovered them in the barbershop and
thought they were fabulous. I used to get a
haircut every Saturday so I wouldn't miss any of
these comic books. I had no hair at all when I
was a kid!
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