The first three Goosebumps books were released simultaneously in July 1992.

He was contracted to do four books for the Goosebumps series, those being Welcome to Dead House, Stay Out of the Basement, Monster Blood, and Say Cheese and Die!. He was reading a TV Guide, when he saw an ad at the bottom of the page that said, 'It’s goosebumps week on channel 11.' Stine thought it would be the perfect name for this new series. However, he ended up agreeing to do it anyway. He thought the audience for Fear Street would think it wouldn't be as cool due to it being aimed at a younger audience. Stine didn't want to do it at first, as he thought it would 'screw up' Fear Street. His wife and his editor at the time suggested he should try doing a horror book series for 7 to 12-year-olds, as it was an untapped market. Stine was writing the Fear Street books, horror novels aimed at teenagers. Matt was married in 2014, and had a son, making Stine a grandparent.

His son Matthew is a composer, musician, and sound designer. Stine currently resides in New York City, with his wife Jane and his dogs Minnie and Nadine. Later, Jane and her partner formed their own publishing company, Parachute Press, and helped create all of Stine's most popular book series. Jane became an editor and writer, and they worked together on several children's books. In those days, he wrote under the name Jovial Bob Stine. He also created Bananas, a zany humor magazine which he did for ten years. He wrote dozens of joke books and humor books for children. He was terrible in math and he hated gym class the only sport he was ever good at was ping pong!Īfter graduating from Ohio State University in 1965, Bob headed to New York City to become a writer. He spent most of his time writing stories and joke magazines to become more popular, as he was a very quiet and reserved student. In school, Bob was not a great student he got mostly B's, but he never studied very hard. He stayed in his room typing away - and he has been writing ever since. His mother begged him to go outside and play, but Bob always said it was too boring outside. He carried it down to his room and started typing stories and little joke books. When Bob was nine, he found an old typewriter up in the attic. Stine when he started publishing horror novels because he wanted people to think he was a female. No one in his family ever called him R.L. He would eventually have a younger brother and sister, respectively Harlan Williams Stine (also known as Bill) and Pamela Stine. Stine was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1943.

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