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R. L. Stine

1943 - Today

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Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943) is an American novelist. He is the writer of Goosebumps, a horror fiction novel series which has sold over 400 million copies globally in 35 languages, becoming the second-best-selling book series in history. The series spawned a media franchise including two television series, a video game series, a comic series, and two feature films. Stine has been referred to as the "Stephen King of children's literature". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. R. L. Stine is the 1,768th most popular writer (down from 1,690th in 2019), the 2,574th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,104th in 2019) and the 208th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, R. L. Stine ranks 1,768 out of 7,302. Before him are Silvina Ocampo, Baba Tahir, Shūsaku Endō, Junji Ito, Dominique Venner, and Marie Under. After him are Aphra Behn, François Coppée, Menander Protector, Francis Jammes, Raymond Roussel, and Fulcanelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, R. L. Stine ranks 159. Before him are Barış Manço, Edie Sedgwick, Tim Hunt, Bob Woodward, Armando Guebuza, and Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh. After him are Czesława Kwoka, Dominik Duka, Ove Kindvall, Mustafa Dzhemilev, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, and Köbi Kuhn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, R. L. Stine ranks 2,574 out of 20,380. Before him are Candy Darling (1944), James McKeen Cattell (1860), Barbara W. Tuchman (1912), John Savage (1949), Lee Majors (1939), and Robert Smithson (1938). After him are Bettie Page (1923), Jennifer Grey (1960), Charles Dow (1851), Will Eisner (1917), Anne Archer (1947), and Jackie Jackson (1951).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, R. L. Stine ranks 208. Before him are Patricia Cornwell (1956), Johnston McCulley (1883), Jack Vance (1916), Rick Riordan (1964), Bob Woodward (1943), and Nora Ephron (1941). After him are Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Jeffery Deaver (1950), Upton Sinclair (1878), William Carlos Williams (1883), and Stephen Crane (1871).

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