She'd actually returned to Welcome to Dead House when working on her first book, during a rough patch of writer's block. Desperate, she told Stine that he could write a horror novel for teenagers.īrown is the author of two horror books for kids - The Forgotten Girl and The Girl in the Lake. She was supposed to be working on a horror book for teens called Blind Date, but the author had just dropped out. One day in the '80s, he was having lunch with his friend Jean Feiwel, who was also an editor at Scholastic. He started out as a humorist, editing a kids magazine at Scholastic. He moved to New York with big dreams of becoming a writer – just not the type of writer he became. I get to scare a lot of generations, don't I?"
That's a tough pill to swallow," he says. In a way, Stine is in a sweet spot with his audience - his original fan base is now old enough to be sharing "Goosebumps" with their own kids. When we met, he was fresh from an appearance at New York City Comic Con, meeting and greeting a hoard of fans, and he was getting ready to appear at the Library of Congress to take questions from children. Stine is celebrating the anniversary with a couple of new books and a handful of appearances. Amanda and Josh try to find out what's going on, and discover a terrifying secret about the town.Bookshelves are filled with Goosebumps books and horror-based knick knacks in Stine's home. They have moved into their new neighborhood and start noticing some weird things going on, as well as how dead everyone looks. The 19 Classic Goosebumps cover illustration features Dead House at night, with the front door slightly ajar, and a strange figure illuminated in the window by an orange light.Īmanda Benson and her Brother, Josh are moving to a new town called Dark Falls. Welcome to Dead House is the first book in the original Goosebumps series.
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