It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.

L. I. He followed with many other novels including The Babysitter Beach House Hit and Run and The Girlfriend.

Stine's books have sold over 400 million copies as of 2008. Some of his other works include a Space Cadets trilogy two Hark gamebooks and dozens of joke books. L.