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Robert Lawrence Stine
b. 1943·American
R.L. Stine is an American author born on October 8, 1943, widely celebrated as the master of children's horror fiction. He created the enormously popular Goosebumps and Fear Street series, which have sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide and introduced generations of young readers to the thrill of scary stories. Beyond those flagship franchises, he expanded his reach with the Give Yourself Goosebumps and Goosebumps HorrorLand series, cementing his place as one of the best-selling children's authors of all time.