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He was born in Colombus Ohio. His full name is Robert Lawrence. He had a younger brother named Bill.
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When R.L. Stine was 4 he had to let his large dog out. The dog always knocked him over. He states this gave him a scary point of veiw of life.
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His favorite talk show came from New York, where he dreamed of living in the future.
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R.L.Stine snuck into the attic and found an old typewriter. His mother let him keep it, and this is what he used to type his first books.
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His Dad changed jobs so they moved to a smaller house.
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It was called "The All New Bob Stine Giggle Book." It contained riddles and jokes.
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R.L. Stine began writing comic books and spoofs.
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His parents gave him this gift for his Bar Mitzvah.
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He was begining his first novel. He typed to get out of doing yard work.
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This was his first series of magazines.
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He loved that everyone was laughing
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Was accepted into Ohio State
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It was the end of freshman year at Ohio State when he decided he wanted to put together a monthy magazine that would give his classmates a good laugh.
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He used the name Jovial Bob
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R.L. Stine was a history teacher and held free reading Fridays. He also was writing 'Captain Anything" but it never went anywhere.
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He lost this race because he was a Senior and this role was for a Junior
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This was his life dream.
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he worked in production for the instutaional investor. he was fired after one day. teen magazine making up interviews for famouse people. writing for the soft drink industry
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R.L. Stine worked there as a writer and editor for 16 years.
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It was called "Bananas."
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R.L. Sine got a call from Ellen Rudin who was the editor for E.P. Dutton.
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R.L. Stine was disappointed that only 1 child attended.
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This was his first children's book.
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During his time at home, R.L. Stine wrote books, card series, magazines, and coloring books.
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Wrote "Blind Date", "Twisted", and "The Babysitter." They were all bestsellers. He also wrote the series" Fear Street."
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This was his first TV experience
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These books are horror books for children.
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Over 5000 people attended.
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The first TV show was based off the book "Haunted Mask."
