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| Author | R. L. Stine |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror fiction, young adult fiction |
| Publisher | Simon Pulse, Golden Books and, St. Martin's Press |
| Published | 1989–1999; 2005; 2014–present[1] |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Fear Street is a teenage horror fiction series written by American author R. L. Stine, starting in 1989. In 1995, a series of books inspired by the Fear Street series, called Ghosts of Fear Street, was created for younger readers, and were more like the Goosebumps books in that they featured paranormal adversaries (monsters, aliens, etc.) and sometimes had twist endings.
R. L. Stine stopped writing Fear Street after penning the Fear Street Seniors spin-off in 1999. In summer 2005, he brought Fear Street back with the three-part Fear Street Nights miniseries.
As of 2010[update], over 80 million copies of Fear Street have been sold.[2]
R. L. Stine revived the book series in October 2014.[1] In July 2021, a trilogy of films based on the franchise was released over the course of three weeks on Netflix.
- ^ a b Bosman, Julie (2013-10-24). "R.L. Stine to Revive 'Fear Street' Series". The New York Times.
- ^ Luisa Gerasimo e.a. in The Teacher's Calendar of Famous Birthdays page 8, on R. L. Stine: "That year he also created Fear Street, the first horror series for teenagers, which sold 80 million copies." (2003)