As of 2011, R. L. Stine has sold over 350 million books, making him one of the best-selling children's authors in history. When he was nine years old, he found an old typewriter in his family's attic. That discovery changed his life. He carried it down to his room and began typing stories and little joke books. Since then he has barely stopped. After graduating from Ohio State University in 1965, Stine headed to New York City to become a writer. Initially he concentrated on humorous books for children, but in 1986 he wrote Blind Date, a horror story aimed at teenagers, which became...