R.L. S ne, born Robert Lawrence, was born in Columbus Ohio in 1943. He began wri ng at the early age of nine, upon making a discovery that forever changed his life. It was in the late a ernoon that Robert found an old family typewriter in the a c. It was said that he took this old typewriter to his room where he spent hours upon hours typing stories and jokes. His mother was said to have insisted that Robert stop typing and go outside and play. Robert felt going outside was boring and would o en choose to write instead. His discovery later paid off in life because he never stopped wri ng. A er gradua ng from Ohio State University in 1965, Robert pursued his life’s dream of becoming a writer. He set off to New York where he wrote many books for kids. He created a humor magazine known as, Bananas which he contributed to for ten years. In those mes he wrote under an alias known as, Jovial Bob S ne. R.L. S ne soon married a woman named Jane Waldhorn in 1969. Jane was an editor and writer herself, and she knew Robert’s talent had to be known. It was later that her and her partner formed their own publishing company known as, Parachute Press. This company would later help create all of Robert’s popular book series. In 1986, Robert wrote his first teen horror novel en tled, Blind Date. It became an instant best seller and piqued his interest to pursue scary novels. As a result many more best seller novels followed such as: Beach House, Hit And Run, The Babysi er, which spawned three sequels, The Hitch-Hiker, and The Girlfriend. In 1989, Robert created the Fear Street series which became the best selling young adult book series in history. He has wri en an astonishing 100 Fear Street books. His best known series, Goosebumps, began in 1992 and quickly forever changed his career. The series became a hit around the world, and even resulted in his novels being translated into 32 different languages. He became well-known a er this series was turned into a TV show in 1995! R.L. S ne con nues to write novels for kids and young adults in New York City. It is safe to say that children of all ages have had their first scare do to R. L. S ne!
R.L. S ne was named the #1 best-selling author in America for three straight years between 1994 and 1996. . R.L. S ne writes an average of two books a month! . R.L. S ne has won numerous awards and honors, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the Na onal Educa on Associa on Read Across America. . R.L. S ne comes up with the tles of his books first and then works from there, while most authors come up with the tle last. .
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