RL Stine

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RL Stine (born October 8, 1943 in Columbus , Ohio ; full name Robert Lawrence Stine , former name of the author Jovial Bob Stine ) is an American children's author. To date, around 400 million of his books have been sold, making him one of the most successful writers worldwide. He has received numerous awards and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the best-selling children's book series author in 2003.

Life

RL Stine grew up in a Jewish family in his hometown. He started writing little stories at the age of nine after finding a typewriter in his parents' attic.

He later enrolled at Ohio State University and completed his time there with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He has lived in New York City since 1965, taught and edited the humor magazine Bananas for ten years . In 1969 he married his colleague Jane Waldhorn, with whom he wrote several children's books together. Stine wrote and continues to write under the pseudonyms Eric Affabee and Zachary Blue . He lives near Central Park in New York with his wife Jane and son Matthew .

In 1986 Stine began writing horror books for teenagers and children, and three years later he made his breakthrough in the United States with Fear Street . His office was already decorated with a skeleton and some African masks. Of this series about the adventures of young people on a cursed street in the American town of Shadyside, 100 volumes have been published so far. Loewe-Verlag also has numerous translations into German .

His worldwide breakthrough came in 1992 with the horror book series Goose Bumps (GOOSEBUMPS). The series has been translated into around 30 languages ​​and successfully filmed in the United States (shown on Disney XD (Sky) in Germany ). The Goose Bumps book series is also very successful in Germany . It is celebrated worldwide as the most popular children's book series. The American newspaper USA Today identified RL Stine as a popular children's author of all time. He not only makes his readers shudder, but also laugh. Letters to the editor have shown that he had turned children who were previously not interested in books into readers. A not so well known horror series in the United States and Germany by Stine is "Scary Fever". It is very similar in content to the children's book series Goosebumps .

In the United States, the book Haunting Hour - Don't Think About It was adapted for a Universal Studios feature film in 2007 . The series RL Stine's The Haunting Hour has been produced based on his books since 2010 .

In 2014, Stine brought the Fear Street books to life with his novel Party Games ( ISBN 978-1250066220 ). The Fear Street novel Give Me a KILL was published in 2017 ( ISBN 978-1250058966 ). The film adaptation of his goosebumps stories Goosebumps (original title Goosebumps ), in which Stine also played a small role, dates back to 2015 .

Work technique

The author, known as a prolific writer and workaholic , uses a sophisticated working technique to present two novels per month. He draws his own words most of a newspaper article about a curious story , about an " Urban Legend " inspired . Only when he has the title in his head does he begin to write and basically begin with the - astonishing - ending from which he develops the characters and, as it were, "rolls up the story from back to front". On his homepage, the author, who is supposed to share his study with a skeleton and other “creepy” objects, gives insight into his “ writing workshop ” and gives budding young authors tips for their own attempts at writing.

Critical appraisal

Robert Lawrence Stine mixes in his books comprehensible scenarios from the reality of life for children and adolescents with horror and horror effects and a pinch joke and joke, what with the young readers, as surveys show very well received. His mostly paratactic style of language - mainly formulated in main clauses of the colloquial language - is very simply and skillfully adapted to the youth jargon (also in the German translation) without sinking to a low level. Many young people who would otherwise never pick up a book and find even the Harry Potter volumes too demanding find reading through R. L. Stine and in some cases can even improve their reading and writing skills in school. Even educators and librarians , who are more critical of R. L. Stine's work, really appreciate this.

Awards

Works

Book series

  • Goosebumps (children's book series, published by Omnibus-Verlag)
  • Fear Street (youth book series, published by Loewe-Verlag)
  • Gruselfieber (youth book series, published by Omnibus-Verlag)
    • Volume 1: Don't forget me! ("Book 1: Don't forget me!", 2000) - ISBN 9783570126059
    • Volume 2: Locker No. 13 ("Book 2: Locker 13", 2000) - ISBN 9783570215111
    • Volume 3: Disaster threatens ("Book 3: My Name is Evil", 2000) - ISBN 9783570215128
    • Volume 4: Twice Me ("Book 4: Liar, Liar", 2000) - ISBN 9783570215135
    • Volume 5: The Diary of Horror ("Book 5: Dear Diary, I'm Dead", 2000) - ISBN 9783570215340
    • Volume 6: In the forest of the beasts ("Book 6: They call me Creature", 2000) - ISBN 9783570215364
    • Volume 7: Who calls the spirits ("Book 7: The Howler", 2001) - ISBN 9783570215388
    • Volume 8: The girl with the mask ("Book 8: Shadow Girl", 2001) - ISBN 9783570126158
    • Volume 9: The Camp of the Cursed ("Book 9: Camp Nowhere", 2001) - ISBN 9783570215555
    • Volume 10: Thrillogy 1 - The competition begins ("Book 10: Thrillogy 1 - Fear Games. Run for your life", 2001) - ISBN 9783570215562
    • Volume 11: Thrillogy 2 - No respite ("Book 11: Thrillogy 2 - What Scares You the Most", 2001) - ISBN 9783570216491
    • Volume 12: Thrillogy 3 - The Finale ("Book 12: Thrillogy 3 - No Survivors", 2001) - ISBN 9783570216590
    • Volume 13: Das Schulmonster ("Book 13: Scare School", 2001) - ISBN 9783570216972
    • Volume 14: Vollmond an Halloween ("Book 14: Full Moon Halloween", 2001) - ISBN 9783570217221
    • Volume 15: Attack of the Aliens ("Book 15: Visitors", 2001) - ISBN 9783570218044

Single volumes

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When C. Bertelsmann Verlag published:

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When Goldmann Verlag published:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Rechtsshaffen: 'Goosebumps': Film Review. Jack Black plays RL Stine in this lively take on the hit YA horror-lite books. In: The Hollywood Reporter, October 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Guinness World Records MOST PROLIFIC AUTHOR OF CHILDREN'S HORROR FICTION NOVELS
personal data
SURNAME Stine, RL
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stine, Robert Lawrence (maiden name); Jovial Bob Stine (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American children's author
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Ohio , USA