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 (novel)|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 (permainan video)|Attack of the Mutant]]* dan *[[Goosebumps Horrorland (permainan video)|Goosebumps HorrorLand]]*. Pada 1995, novel pertama Stine yang ditujukan bagi pembaca dewasa, berjudul *[[Superstitious (novel)|Superstitious]]*, diterbitkan. Ia juga menulis tiga novel dewasa lainnya, yakni *The Sitter*, *Eye Candy*, dan *[[Red Rain (novel)|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 .
# *[[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 (novel)|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
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* R. L. Stine at Fantastic Fiction
* Writers Talk video Interview