R.L. Stine

Robert Lawrence Stine (), dikenal juga sebagai R. L. Stine dan Jovial Bob Stine, adalah penulis dan produser Amerika Serikat. Stine, yang dijuluki "Stephen King-nya sastra anak", adalah penulis dari ratusan novel fiksi horor, termasuk seri Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, dan The Nightmare Room. Beberapa karyanya yang lain adalah trilogi Space Cadets, dua buku permainan Hark, dan puluhan buku humor. Buku-buku R. L. Stine telah terjual lebih dari 400 juta eksemplar hingga tahun 2008.

Kehidupan awal 
Stine lahir di Columbus, Ohio pada tanggal 8 Oktober 1943, putra dari pasangan Yahudi, Anne (née Feinstein), seorang ibu rumah tangga, dan Lewis Stine, seorang pegawai perusahaan perkapalan. Ia mulai menulis sejak berusia 9 tahun saat ia menemukan sebuah mesin tik di lotengnya, dan kemudian mulai menulis cerita pendek dan humor. Stine lulus dari Ohio State University (OSU) pada tahun 1965 dengan gelar Bachelor of Arts dalam bidang Sastra Inggris.

Saat berkuliah di OSU, R. L. Stine bekerja sebagai editor di majalah humor The Sundial selama tiga tahun. Ia kemudian pindah ke New York City untuk mewujudkan kariernya sebagai penulis.

Karier 
Stine menulis puluhan buku humor untuk anak-anak dengan menggunakan nama pena Jovial Bob Stine dan mendirikan majalah humor bernama Bananas. Bananas ditujukan bagi pembaca remaja dan diterbitkan oleh Scholastic Press dalam 72 edisi antara tahun 1975 dan 1984. Pada tahun 1986, Stine menulis novel horor pertamanya berjudul Blind Date, diikuti oleh novel-novel lainnya seperti The Babysitter, Beach House, Hit and Run, dan The Girlfriend. Ia juga menjadi penulis untuk acara TV anak berjudul Eureeka's Castle di Nickelodeon Network.

Pada 1989, Stine mulai menulis buku Fear Street. Sebelum menerbitkan seri Goosebumps, Stine sempat menulis tiga buku fiksi ilmiah humor dalam seri Space Cadets berjudul Jerks in Training, Bozos on Patrol, dan Losers in Space. Pada 1992, Stine dan Parachute menerbitkan Goosebumps. Ia juga memproduseri serial TV Goosebumps dari tahun 1995–1998, dan tiga permainan video; Escape from HorrorLand, Attack of the Mutant dan Goosebumps HorrorLand. Pada 1995, novel pertama Stine yang ditujukan bagi pembaca dewasa, berjudul Superstitious, diterbitkan. Ia juga menulis tiga novel dewasa lainnya, yakni The Sitter, Eye Candy, dan Red Rain.

Bibliografi

Seri asli

Space Cadets 
 Jerks-in-Training
 Losers in Space
 Bozos on Patrol

Goosebumps

Goosebumps Series 2000 
 Cry of the Cat
 Bride of the Living Dummy
 Creature Teacher
 Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part I
 Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part II
 I Am Your Evil Twin
 Revenge R Us
 Fright Camp
 Are You Terrified Yet?
 Headless Halloween
 Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls
 Brain Juice
 Return to HorrorLand
 Jekyll and Heidi
 Scream School
 The Mummy Walks
 The Werewolf in the Living Room
 Horrors of the Black Ring
 Return to Ghost Camp
 Be Afraid – Be Very Afraid!
 The Haunted Car
 Full Moon Fever
 Slappy's Nightmare
 Earth Geeks Must Go!
 Ghost in the Mirror

Give Yourself Goosebumps 
 Escape from the Carnival of Horrors
 Tick Tock, You're Dead!
 Trapped in Bat Wing Hall
 The Deadly Experiments of Dr. Eeek
 Night in Werewolf Woods
 Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter
 Under the Magician's Spell
 The Curse of the Creeping Coffin
 The Knight in Screaming Armor
 Diary of a Mad Mummy
 Deep in the Jungle of Doom
 Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum
 Scream of the Evil Genie
 The Creepy Creations of Professor Shock
 Please Don't Feed the Vampire!
 Secret Agent Grandma
 Little Comic Shop of Horrors
 Attack of the Beastly Baby-sitter
 Escape from Camp Run-for-Your-Life
 Toy Terror: Batteries Included
 The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island
 Return to the Carnival of Horrors
 Zapped in Space
 Lost in Stinkeye Swamp
 Shop Till You Drop...Dead!
 Alone in Snakebite Canyon
 Checkout Time at the Dead-End Hotel
 Night of a Thousand Claws
 Invaders from the Big Screen
 You're Plant Food!
 The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge
 It's Only a Nightmare
 It Came from the Internet
 Elevator to Nowhere
 Hocus-Pocus Horror
 Ship of Ghouls
 Escape from Horror House
 Into the Twister of Terror
 Scary Birthday to You
 Zombie School
 Danger Time
 All-Day Nightmare

Give Yourself Goosebumps Special Edition 
 Into the Jaws of Doom
 Return to Terror Tower
 Trapped in the Circus of Fear
 One Night in Payne House
 The Curse of the Cave Creatures
 Revenge of the Body Squeezers
 Trick or...Trapped!
 Weekend at Poison Lake

Fear Street 
 The New Girl
 The Surprise Party
 The Overnight
 Missing
 The Wrong Number
 The Sleepwalker
 Haunted
 Halloween Party
 The Stepsister
 Ski Weekend
 The Fire Game
 Lights Out
 The Secret Bedroom
 The Knife
 The Prom Queen
 First Date
 The Best Friend
 The Cheater
 Sunburn
 The New Boy
 The Dare
 Bad Dreams
 Double Date
 The Thrill Club
 One Evil Summer
 The Mind Reader
 Wrong Number 2
 Truth or Dare
 Dead End
 Final Grade
 Switched
 College Weekend
 The Stepsister 2
 What Holly Heard
 The Face
 Secret Admirer
 The Perfect Date
 The Confession
 The Boy Next Door
 Night Games
 Runaway
 Killer's Kiss
 All-Night Party
 The Rich Girl
 Cat
 Fear Hall: The Beginning
 Fear Hall: The Conclusion
 Who Killed The Homecoming Queen?
 Into The Dark
 Best Friend 2
 Trapped

New Fear Street 
 The Stepbrother
 Camp Out
 Scream, Jennifer, Scream!
 The Bad Girl

Fear Street Super Chiller 
 Party Summer
 Silent Night
 Goodnight Kiss
 Broken Hearts
 Silent Night 2
 The Dead Lifeguard
 Cheerleaders: The New Evil
 Bad Moonlight
 The New Year's Party
 Goodnight Kiss 2
 Silent Night 3
 High Tide
 Cheerleaders: The Evil Lives!

Cheerleaders 
 The First Evil
 The Second Evil
 The Third Evil
 The New Evil
 The Evil Lives!

The Fear Street Saga Trilogy 
 The Betrayal
 The Secret
 The Burning

99 Fear Street: The House of Evil 
 The First Horror
 The Second Horror
 The Third Horror

Cataluna Chronicles 
 The Evil Moon
 The Dark Secret
 The Deadly Fire

Fear Park 
 The First Scream
 The Loudest Scream
 The Last Scream

Fear Street Sagas 
 A New Fear
 House of Whispers
 Forbidden Secrets
 The Sign of Fear
 The Hidden Evil
 Daughters of Silence
 Children of Fear
 Dance of Death
 Heart of the Hunter
 The Awakening Evil
 Circle of Fire
 Chamber of Fear
 Faces of Terror
 One Last Kiss
 Door of Death
 The Hand of Power

Fear Street Seniors 
 Let's Party
 In Too Deep
 The Thirst
 No Answer
 Last Chance
 The Gift
 Fight Team, Fight
 Sweetheart, Evil Heart
 Spring Break
 Wicked
 The Prom Date
 Graduation Day

Fear Street Nights 
 Moonlight Secrets
 Midnight Games
 Darkest Dawn

Ghosts of Fear Street 
 Hide and Shriek
 Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave?
 The Attack of the Aqua Apes
 Nightmare in 3-D
 Stay Away from the Tree House
 Eye of the Fortuneteller
 Fright Knight
 The Ooze
 Revenge of the Shadow People
 The Bugman Lives!
 The Boy Who Ate Fear Street
 Night of the Werecat
 How to Be a Vampire
 Body Switchers from Outer Space
 Fright Christmas
 Don't Ever Get Sick at Granny's
 House of a Thousand Screams
 Camp Fear Ghouls
 Three Evil Wishes
 Spell of the Screaming Jokers
 The Creature from Club Lagoona
 Field of Screams
 Why I'm Not Afraid of Ghosts
 Monster Dog
 Halloween Bugs Me!
 Go to Your Tomb – Right Now!
 Parents from the 13th Dimension
 Hide and Shriek II
 The Tale of the Blue Monkey
 I Was a Sixth-Grade Zombie
 Escape of the He-Beast
 Caution: Aliens at Work
 Attack of the Vampire Worms
 Horror Hotel Pt. 1: The Vampire Checks in
 Horror Hotel Pt. 2: Ghost in the Guest Room
 The Funhouse of Dr. Freek

Mostly Ghostly 
 Who Let the Ghosts Out?
 Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?
 One Night in Doom House
 Little Camp of Horrors
 Ghouls Gone Wild
 Let's Get This Party Haunted!
 Freaks and Shrieks
 Don't Close Your Eyes!

Rotten School 
 The Big Blueberry Barf-Off!
 The Great Smelling Bee
 The Good, the Bad and the Very Slimy
 Lose, Team, Lose!
 Shake, Rattle and Hurl!
 The Heinie Prize
 Dudes, the School is Haunted!
 The Teacher from Heck
 Ready, Set... Ghost!
 Party Poopers
 The Rottenest Angel
 Punk'd and Skunked
 Battle of the Dum Diddys
 Got Cake?
 Night of the Creepy Things
 Calling All Birdbrains
 Dumb Clucks

The Nightmare Room 
 Don't Forget Me!
 Locker 13
 My Name is Evil
 Liar Liar
 Dear Diary, I'm Dead
 They Call Me Creature
 The Howler
 Shadow Girl
 Camp Nowhere
 Full Moon Halloween
 Scare School
 Visitors

The Nightmare Room Thrillogy 
 Fear Games
 What Scares You the Most?
 No Survivors

Goosebumps HorrorLand 

 Welcome to HorrorLand: A Survival Guide
 Revenge of the Living Dummy
 Creep from the Deep
 Monster Blood for Breakfast!
 The Scream of the Haunted Mask
 Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz
 Who's Your Mummy?
 My Friends Call Me Monster
 Say Cheese – And Die Screaming!
 Welcome to Camp Slither
 Help! We Have Strange Powers!
 Escape from HorrorLand
 The Streets of Panic Park
 When the Ghost Dog Howls
 Little Shop of Hamsters
 Heads, You Lose!
 Weirdo Halloween
 The Wizard Of Ooze
 Slappy's New Year!
 The Horror at Chiller House
 Claws!
 Night of Giant Everything
 The Five Masks of Dr. Screem
 Why I Quit Zombie School
 Don't Scream!
 The Birthday Party of No Return

Goosebumps Most Wanted 

 Son of Slappy
 Planet of the Lawn Gnomes
 How I Met My Monster
 Frankenstein's Dog
 Dr. Maniac Will See You Now

Hark 
 The Badlands of Hark
 The Invaders of Hark

Dangerous Girls 
Both story were re-released in 2010 under the name Bitten.
 Dangerous Girls
 The Taste of Night

Novel lepas
 The Adventures of Shrinkman
 The Beast
 The Beast 2
 Curtains
 Eye Candy
 It's the First Day of School...Forever!
 A Midsummer Night's Scream
 Phone Calls
 The Sitter
 Superstitious
 Three Faces of Me
 When Good Ghouls Go Bad
 Zombie Town

Antologi 

 Beware! (disunting oleh Stine)
 The Haunting Hour
 The Nightmare Hour
 Tales to Give You Goosebumps
 More Tales to Give You Goosebumps
 Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps
 Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps
 More and More Tales to Give You Goosebumps
 More and More and More Tales to Give You Goosebumps
 Goosebumps Triple Header, Book 1
 Goosebumps Triple Header, Book 2

Cerita pendek 

 "The Spell"
 "Dead of Night"
 "The Head Start"
 "Lucky at Cards"
 "The Kid Behind the Door"
 "The Terror After School"
 "Do Some Damage!"
 "Curse of the Smiling Mummy"
 "Can You Keep a Secret?"
 "The Vampire Club"
 "My Worst Nightmare"
 "The Wrong Room"

Karya nonfiksi dan Jovial Bob Stine 

 101 Vacation Jokes
 101 Wacky Kid Jokes
 101 Silly Monster Jokes
 The Absurdly Silly Encyclopaedia and Fly Swatter
 Amazing Adventure of Me, Myself and I
 Blips: The First Book of Videogame Funnies
 Cool Kids' Guide to Summer Camp
 Doggone Dog Joke Book
 Don't Stand in the Soup
 How to Be Funny
 It Came From Ohio!: My Life As A Writer (autobiografi)
 Miami Mice
 Pork and Beans: Play Date
 The Sick of Being Sick Book
 You Know It's Going to Be A Long School Year When...
 My Secret Identity
 Pigs' Book of World Records
 Jovial Bob's Computer Joke Book

Novelisasi film 

 Ghostbusters II Storybook
 Spaceballs: The Book
 Big Top Pee-Wee

Zachary Blue 

 The Jet Fighter Trap
 The Protectors: The Petrova Twist

Komik 

 Gnasty Gnomes

Lihat juga 

 Dynamite (majalah)

Referensi

Pranala luar 

 Official site
 
 
 
 R. L. Stine at Fantastic Fiction
 Writers Talk video Interview

 
Penulis Amerika Serikat
Penulis horor Amerika Serikat
Alumni Ohio State University
Tokoh dari Columbus, Ohio
Penulis Yahudi Amerika Serikat
Penulis dari Ohio