Background
The Haunted Mask was authored by R. L. Stine and originally illustrated by Tim Jacobus. The author says the idea for the book came from his son Matthew Stine, who had on a Halloween mask that he had trouble getting off. Stine also says that he used a duck costume his parents got him for trick-or-treating in the book.
The book was first published in September 1993 by Scholastic, and reissued on September 1, 2008.
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