The Adventures of Shrinkman
R.L. (Robert Lawrence) Stine is one of the best-selling children's authors in history. His Goosebumps series,  along with such series as Fear Street, The Nightmare Room, Rotten School, and Mostly Ghostly have sold nearly 400  million books in this country alone. And they are translated into 32 languages.TheGoosebumpsTV series was the top-rated kids’ series for three years in a row. R.L.’s TV movies,  includingThe Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About ItandMostly Ghostly, are perennial Halloween  favorites. And his scary TV series,R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour, is in its second season on The Hub  network.R.L. continues to turn out Goosebumps books, published by Scholastic. In addition, his first horror novel for  adults in many years, titledRed Rain, will be published by Touchstone books in October, 2012.R.L. says that he enjoys his job of “scaring kids.” But the biggest thrill for him is turning kids on to reading.R.L. lives in New York City with his wife, Jane, an editor and publisher, and King Charles Spaniel, Minnie. His  son, Matthew, is a sound designer and music producer.