This document provides biographical information about author R.L. Stine and discusses one of his books. It notes that Stine was born in 1943 in Ohio and started writing at a young age. It describes typical plots of Stine's books as involving scary mysteries that take place in haunted houses or mansions and include some type of monster. The document also mentions that one of Stine's books was challenged in court for being too scary for its target age group.