The 13th Warning
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.