R.L. Stine and Scholastic books are hoping that the publishing gold of the Goosebumps series which was so popular in the 1990s can be found again with a new series: Goosebumps HorrorLand coming out this year.
During the heyday of the earlier series, Scholastic was selling four million copies a month and USA Today named Stine the best-selling author in America for three consecutive years. Stephen King, writing in Entertainment Weekly, suggested that Stine’s success helped persuade Scholastic to pursue J. K. Rowling’s boy wizard. “He’s largely unknown and uncredited,” Mr. King wrote. “But of course, John the Baptist never got the same press as Jesus, either.” New York Times, March 25, 2008.
The first four books of this series are on order for Sno-Isle:
- v. 1: Revenge of the Living Dummy;
- v. 2: Creep from the Deep;
- v. 3: Monster Blood for Breakfast;
- v. 4: The Scream of the Haunted Mask.
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Jim McCluskey // April 19, 2008 at 11:29 am
I added this photo, that I took of Mr. Stine at Book Expo America last year.
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