Editing Goosebumps (section)

==Original ''Goosebumps'' series==
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[[File:R. L. Stine by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright|[[R. L. Stine]], the author of the ''Goosebumps'' series]]

Following the success of Stine's [[young adult fiction|young adult]] horror novels, the co-[[Entrepreneur|founder]] of [[Parachute Press]] (the company that developed the series),<ref name="rights">{{cite magazine |last=Milliot |first=Jim |title=Scholastic Reaches 'Goosebumps' Accord With Parachute |magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=January 27, 2003 |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20030127/23027-scholastic-reaches-goosebumps-accord-with-parachute.html |access-date=September 2, 2013 }}</ref> Joan Waricha, persuaded him to write scary books for younger children.<ref name="Waricha">{{cite news |last=Stelter |first=Brian |title='Goosebumps' Rises From the Literary Grave |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 25, 2008|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/books/25stin.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=goosebumps&st=cse |access-date=December 25, 2010 }}</ref> Stine says the name for the book series came to him after he saw a TV station's ad in ''[[TV Guide]]'' that stated "It's goosebumps week on Channel 11".<ref>{{Cite web |title=R.L. Stine |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |url=https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/kids-teachers/authors/r_l_stine |access-date=September 2, 2013 }}</ref>{{sfn|Cohen|1999|p=39}} He originally signed a six-book deal with the publisher [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]],<ref name="publisher">{{Cite web |title=Nightmare Room by R. L. Stine |publisher=KidsReads.com |url=http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-nightmare-author.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307182951/http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-nightmare-author.asp |archive-date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=September 2, 2013 }}</ref> but went on to write 62 books in the original series, the first book being ''[[Welcome to Dead House]]'', released in July 1992. The series was originally aimed at girls, but both boys and girls enjoyed the series equally with half of Stine's fan mail being sent from boys.<ref name="Reuters"/> The cover illustrations for this series was done primarily by [[Tim Jacobus]].<ref name="illustrations">{{Cite web |title=Biography |publisher=Timjacobus.com |url=http://www.timjacobus.com/bio.html |access-date=February 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717060427/http://www.timjacobus.com/bio.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Thirty-two of the books from the original series were later re-released with new artwork under the ''Classic Goosebumps'' rename.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://goosebumps.scholastic.com/books/classic-goosebumps | title=Classic Goosebumps | publisher=Scholastic | access-date=May 15, 2015}}</ref>