Rename this list. List Name Delete from selected List. Save to. Save to:. Save Create a List. Create a list. Save Back. Grades 3—5. What does R. How did Stine do in school?
Where does he live now? What do you think gives the series such staying power? To be honest, I have no idea why they got so popular.
Why are they still buying this stuff? Fear Street was first. Those books were doing very well. And then my editors convinced me to do a series for younger readers.
They had to push me into it. A bunch of people on Twitter actually encouraged you to bring the Fear Street series back. Can you talk about how social media has impacted you? I love Twitter. I hear from all my original readers. I get such wonderful messages from people online. People thanking me for turning them into readers.
People reaching out telling me they never would have become librarians had it not been for my books. Or Goosebumps helped them through a rough childhood. You have always been amazing at mixing horror and comedy, and the Fear Street films do that too. How do you manage that? He got mostly B's on his report cards, but he didn't work very hard. He spent most of his time writing stories and drawing comic books.
He thought he wanted to be a comic-book artist. But he had no drawing talent whatsoever. He was terrible in Math, and he hated phys. The only sport he was ever good at was ping pong. Bob graduated from Ohio State University in In college, he was editor of The Sundial , the school humor magazine, for three years.
He boasts that he never went to class. He spent all his time writing the magazine. Of course, being at Ohio State turned him into a huge football fan. Bob headed to New York City to become a writer.
He went to work at Scholastic, writing for school magazines. Then he began to write joke books and humor books for kids. He created Bananas Magazine, a zany humor magazine, which he wrote and edited for ten years. In those days, he wrote under the name Jovial Bob Stine. Bob married Jane Waldhorn in Jane became an editor and writer, and they worked together on several books. Later, Jane and her business partner formed their own publishing company, Parachute Press.
They helped to create all of R. He wrote his first teen horror novel, Blind Date. It became an instant best-seller.
Says Bob: "I told myself, Forget the funny stuff. Kids like to be scared! In , he created the Fear Street series. Teenagers were in terror month after month! The series became the best-selling YA series in history, with more than books. Coasting along? No way! Who is this person? What makes R. Stine tick? He is a humble, gentle man with a huge sense of dark, dry humor. He loves horsing around with his jokes and… he loves making kids frightened.
He has an active mind that never seems to stop—perhaps as a result of his voracious reading habits. He keeps up a dizzying schedule of book conferences, bookstore signings, media interviews, and school visits.
Send your fan mail—he does read it! Just say yes. Say yes to everything. Stine is a man with a passion, and not just about scaring children.
His devotion shows through in the introduction he wrote to teachers for his writing program. He is outspoken about the benefits children receive from reading and writing. I guess on my tombstone: He got boys to read. Jovial Bob has indeed turned boys—and girls—into readers, and sparked their imaginations.
Chances are good that right now he is planning or participating in another public appearance where hundreds of his young, excited fans will delight in his storytelling, humor, and passion. At 76, he shows no sign of winding down—or giving up writing his scary stories.
Like the Energizer Bunny, he is still going. Nothing outlasts R. Thank you, R. Countless kids, teachers, and librarians adore you. Your contributions to spreading the values of reading and writing are colossal.
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