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R.L. Stine was born October 8, 1943, in Columbus, Ohio and was named Robert Lawrence Stine. R.L. Stine's first house was three story's high, with a garage. His dog named Whitey (“half collie, half husky, half elephant”) spent his days and nights there becaus ....

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.... from his home. He joined the Sundial as a writer, and later applied to be the editor and got the job. When he made up Jovial Bob (a way to introduce himself and humor to the readers) to help The Sundial because people weren't buying the paper; which they did once they met “Bob”. Jane became his girlfriend after meeting her at a party in Brooklyn and became his wife on June 22, 1969. They had a son named Matthew on June 7, 1980. A series of scary books for young adults led to the wildly popular books enjoyed by many kids called Goosebumps. He has written about 250 books in his short life and plans to write many more; he tries to write two bo ....