Wissenswertes

Was the head writer for Nickelodeon's top-rated children's show "Eureeka's Castle." When his son Matt was little, he would fall down a lot and quickly get up and instantly say, "I meant to do that!" This inspired the character of Batly, whose gimmick was whenever he would fly, he would fall down and do the same.

He and Jane have a son named Matthew Stine (born in 1980) who owns 27 Sound Entertainment in New York City and is a music producer.

His son appeared on the cover of one of his Fear Street horror novels: "The Perfect Date.".

Wrote a new book for the Fear Street series in a period of ten days and a new book for the Goosebumps series over a period of eight.

Played the clarinet, trombone, flute, saxophone, guitar, xylophone, and the triangle in high school.

Won a Children's Choice Award.

Father-in-law of Elisabeth Weinberg (born in 1980).

His favorite movies are Island of Lost Souls(1933), A Damsel in Distress(1937), The Lady Eve(1941), The Godfather Part 2(1974), Spirited Away(2001), and Goosebumps(2015).

Graduated from Bexley High School in Bexley, Ohio in 1961.

Went to Cassingham Elementary School in Bexley, Ohio.

Born on the same day as Chevy Chase.

Listed in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list. (December 25, 1995/January 1, 1996 issue)

His inspiration for the Goosebumps book "The Haunted Mask" came from the difficulty his son once had removing a Halloween mask. A duck costume seen early on in the book was also based on one his mother made for him as a child.

He is Jewish.

Son of Anne (Feinstein) and Lewis Stine, a shipping clerk.

Is a self-proclaimed fan of _"The Twilight Zone" (1959)_, whose episodes sometimes inspired his writings. Most clearly, the episode "A Most Unusual Camera" inspired the Goosebump book "Say Cheese - and Die!".

Was later concerned that children would find his Goosebumps book, "Welcome to Dead House", too scary as, unlike many later entries in the series, it contained far less humor.

Was inspired to write the early Goosebumps book "Monster Blood", which had three sequels, after seeing how much his son enjoyed playing with Toy Slime.

Graduated from Ohio State University.

Has a younger brother, Bill Stine and sister, Pam.

The title, "Goosebumps," was inspired by an advertisement that Stine found in a newspaper, which read, "It's Goosebumps Week on Channel 11!".

While working as head writer of Nickelodeon's "Eureeka's Castle," he was credited as "Jovial Bob Stine.".