<B>R.L. Stine</B> invented the teen horror genre with Fear Street, the bestselling teen horror series of all time. He also changed the face of children's publishing with the mega-successful Goosebumps series, which <I>Guinness World Records</I> cites as the Best-Selling Children's Books ever, and went on to become a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. The first two books in his new series Mostly Ghostly, <I>Who Let the Ghosts Out?</I> and <I>Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?</I> are <I>New York Times</I> bestsellers. He's thrilled to be writing for teens again in the brand-new Fear Street Nights books.<P>R.L. Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, 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 National Education Association Read Across America. He lives in New York City with his wife, Jane, and their dog, Nadine.