Robert Lawrence Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of one of the bestselling childrenтАЩs authors in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the bestselling Goosebumps series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenonтАФleading to a top-rated TV show on Fox and the all-time most successful childrenтАЩs video line. StineтАЩs major teen series, Fear Street, has sold more than 80 million copies.R. L. Stine is dedicated to doing everything he can to encourage literacy for kids. He was the honored guest of Governor Jeb Bush in 2001, launching FloridaтАЩs statewide Celebration of Reading campaign, received the first-ever Champion of Reading Award from the Free Public Library of Philadelphia, and established a writing program in the middle schools of his hometown of Columbus, Ohio. In fall 2003, First Lady Laura Bush asked R. L. Stine to be part of a select group of authors to accompany her to Russia to promote literacy.When heтАЩs not writing, Stine travels the country talking to kids and can be found every October at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC.┬аR. L. StineтАЩs Haunted Lighthouse, a┬аspine-chilling 4-D movie, is featured at Busch Gardens and SeaWorld.R. L. Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon KidsтАЩ Choice Awards and Disney Adventures KidsтАЩ Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the National Education Association's Read Across America program.Mostly Ghostly is R. L. StineтАЩs latest creationтАФa terrifyingly fun new series for middle-grade readers. The first two books in the series are┬аWho Let the Ghosts Out?┬аand┬аHave You Met My Ghoulfriend?