R.L. Stine\, acclaimed children&rsquo\;s h orror author and the mind behind \;Goosebumps \;and \;Fear Str eet\, will be the featured author at the 47th Annual Marian McFadden Memor ial Lecture. Stine will appear in a curated conversation with \;librar ian \;and new host of \;Reading Rainbow\, Mychal Threets. The even t will take place at the Madam Walker Legacy Center\, 617 Indiana Ave\, In dianapolis. \;
\nSOLD OUT \;- \;Demand for th is event was especially high and limited tickets were claimed much faster than usual. We appreciate everyone&rsquo\;s enthusiasm for Library program s. It&rsquo\;s a great reminder of how much our community values these opp ortunities at The Indianapolis Public Library.
\nWe understand the d isappointment if you didn&rsquo\;t receive a ticket. Thank you for your un derstanding and patience and your continued support of our Library program s.
\nThe Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture Series was&n bsp\;established \;after the Indianapolis Public Library Foundationâ €¯received a gift from the estate of Marian McFadden\, Director of Publ ic Libraries in Indianapolis from 1945-1956. This annual \;author \;lecture series\, which typically takes place in the spring\, was named i n her honor. \;Learn more about the Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture. \;
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About R.L. Stine \; \;
R.L. Stine has bee n writing horror stories and scaring young readers for over thirty years. His bestselling Goosebumps series quickly became a publishing phe nomenon\, and his books came to define horror for a generation of avid you ng readers. The Goosebumps series has sold more than 400 million copies in the United States and The Guinness Book of World Records cited S tine as the bestselling series author in history. \;
\nStine beg an his career at Scholastic and started writing joke books and humor books under the name Jovial Bob Stine. He published his first teen horror novel \, Blind Date\, in 1986\, followed by the Fear Street se ries in 1989\, which quickly became the best-selling YA series in history. When the Goosebumps series began in 1992\, Stine became a worldw ide publishing celebrity\, and the series was soon adapted for television\ , becoming the number one \;kids&rsquo\; \;show in America for thr ee years in a row. \;
\nIn 2015\, The Goosebumps Movie\ , starring Jack Black as Stine\, was released by Sony and Columbia Picture s. Featuring forty monsters from the Goosebumps books as well as the infamous Slappy\, the evil dummy\, it quickly became the #1 film in th e United States. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween was released in 2018 and the first of three films based on Stine&rsquo\;s Fear Street< /em> series was released on Netflix in 2021. \;
\nWith many of < em>Goosebumps&rsquo\; original fans now well into adulthood\, Stine h as published \;numerous \;novels for adults\, including Supers titious\, The Sitter\, Eye Candy\, and Red Rain . \;Stine is a three-time recipient of both the Nickelodeon Kids& rsquo\; Choice Award and the Disney Adventures Kids&rsquo\; Choice Award.& nbsp\;He also won the Thriller Writers of America Silver Bullet Award in 2 007 and the Horror Writers Association&rsquo\;s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. Stine lives in New York City with his wife. \;
\nFor m ore information on R.L. Stine\, please visit \;www.simonspeakers.com
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About Myc
hal Threets \; \;
Growing up in Fairfield\, CA&md ash\;right between Sacramento and San Francisco&mdash\;Mychal's love for l ibraries began as a homeschooled kid who practically grew up in their aisl es. He got his first library card at the age of 5 and never looked back\, eventually landing his first job as a library \;shelver \;for the very library he grew up in. Today\, he is the Supervising Librarian of tha t same beloved library&mdash\;a true full circle moment! \;
\nMy chal's passion for storytelling shines through everything he does. Whether sharing stories of library kids and library grown-ups he \;encounters \;on social media or encouraging others to find their own love for li braries\, Mychal makes it his mission to connect people with the magic of libraries. In his words\, "Library joy and book joy are what I'm all about . We all belong \;in \;our libraries!" \;
\nA proud reci pient of the 2023 American Library Association's "I Love My Librarian" Awa rd\, Mychal holds a \;Bachelor's degree in Communications \;from t he University of Phoenix and a \;Master's in Library and Information S cience \;from San Jose State University. He is also a mental health ad vocate. Mychal is the new host of Reading Rainbow. \;
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