6/17/2023 0 Comments Scariest books you ve never readThe Fear Street Saga was actually my favorite, going back to Massachusetts, with the witches. I think they’re planning more Fear Street movies. The Fear Street movies last summer on Netflix brought me a lot of sales back to Fear Street books, my teen series back then. ![]() They turn 12, right?īut I get them right before that. I get them the last time in their lives they’ll ever be enthusiastic. Writing for my main audience these days, really, is seven- to 12-year-olds, the Goosebumps audience. I was wondering how you approach each project and kind of balance all these different works, past and present? And although you ’ re most famous for Goosebumps, obviously, you have a really robust work outside of that : you know, Fear Street stuff, Man-Thing, you ’ ve written for television. Now I’m doing this for adults I’m actually writing something for grown-ups. And I did a series of comic books for them called Just Beyond, which was sort of Twilight Zone for kids. I’m working with BOOM! Studios in Los Angeles. Well, yes, I just mean, like, kind of, full circle now. STINE: Well, yeah, when I was nine, I did comics. Los Angeles Review of Books caught up with the famous writer (and his playful dog, Lucky), who infuses all his work with terror and talent (and always a little humor), to talk about three decades of Goosebumps, his approach to craft, and how his 42-year-old son has still never read any of his dad ’ s books.ĭANIELLE HAYDEN : So, could you please tell me a little more about the upcoming comic series, Stuff of Nightmares? And I know some of your earliest work was comics. Among his other fall releases, Stine released a new book called Slappy, Beware! (Scholastic), the untold backstory of the iconic, evil ventriloquist ’s dummy who has appeared in several previous publications. Just released earlier this fall was Stinetinglers (Feiwel & Friends), a collection of 10 new tales, something akin to a Decameron of horror with each story introduced by Stine himself. To call him prolific would be a considerable understatement - Goosebumps alone has sold over 400 million copies, second only to Harry Potter. He is also the author of the bestselling Fear Street collection - a successful series in its own right that was adapted for Netflix - and four adult novels. Stine soon became a household name, and his work spawned a television show, several film adaptations, comic books, an attraction at Walt Disney World (as well as a series coming to Disney + in 2023), and a Marvel Comics miniseries. Stine started scaring kids with his first Goosebumps book, Welcome to Dead House.
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