Christopher Pike (author) facts for kids

Kevin Christopher McFadden (born November 12, 1955) is an American author. He is famous for writing exciting horror and thriller books. He mostly writes for young adults, which means readers aged 12-18. He uses the fake name Christopher Pike.

About Christopher Pike

Kevin Christopher McFadden was born in New York City in 1955. He grew up in California. He went to college for a short time. After that, he worked different jobs like painting houses and computer programming.

He first tried writing science fiction and mystery books for adults. But an editor suggested he try writing thrillers for teenagers. This was a great idea!

His first book for teens was Slumber Party. It was originally going to have a character with pyrokinesis (a psychic power to start and control fire). But his editor asked him to change it. So, he rewrote the book as a mystery thriller. It was about teens having strange and scary events during a skiing trip.

Scholastic Press published Slumber Party in 1985. It was a big hit! Pike's next book, Weekend, was also published by Scholastic. He wrote one more book for them, Chain Letter, in 1986. After that, he mainly worked with Simon and Schuster.

Pike kept writing many popular young adult novels. He also wrote a series for younger kids called Spooksville. This series was even made into a TV show in 2013. He also wrote some books for adults, like Sati in 1990.

Books Made into TV Shows and Movies

Christopher Pike's books are so exciting that some have been made into TV shows and movies! On November 25, 1996, his book Fall Into Darkness became a TV movie. His own company, Christopher Pike Productions, made it.

More recently, the movie maker Mike Flanagan became interested in Pike's books. He decided to turn The Midnight Club and The Season of Passage into a TV series and a movie for Netflix.

The Midnight Club TV series came out on Netflix on October 7, 2022. Just two days later, Mike Flanagan shared exciting news. He said that Netflix had actually bought the rights to "28 books" by Christopher Pike! His plan was for The Midnight Club TV series to last many seasons. The kids in the show would tell each other stories from other Christopher Pike books. However, in December 2022, the series was canceled after only one season.

Christopher Pike's Books

Young Adult Fiction

• Slumber Party (1985)
• Weekend (1986)
• The Tachyon Web (1986)
• Last Act (1988)
• Spellbound (1988)
• Gimme a Kiss (1988)
• Remember Me (1989)
• Scavenger Hunt (1989)
• Fall into Darkness (1990)
• See You Later (1990)
• Witch (1990)
• Whisper of Death (1991)
• Die Softly (1991)
• Bury Me Deep (1991)
• Master of Murder (1992)
• Monster (1992)
• Road to Nowhere (1993)
• The Eternal Enemy (1993)
• The Immortal (1993)
• The Wicked Heart (1993)
• The Midnight Club (1994)
• The Lost Mind (1995)
• The Visitor (1995)
• The Starlight Crystal (1996)
• The Star Group (1997)
• Execution of Innocence (1997)
• Hollow Skull (1998)
• Magic Fire (1999)
• The Grave (1999)
• The Secret of Ka (2010)
• To Die For – This book collects Slumber Party and Weekend (2010)
• Bound to You – This book collects Spellbound and See You Later (2012)
• Witch World (2012)
• Black Knight - [Witch World 2] (2014)
• Strange Girl (2015)

Book Series

Cheerleaders

• Cheerleaders #2: Getting Even (1985)

(Christopher Pike wrote only one book in this long series. Other authors wrote the rest.)

Chain Letter

• Chain Letter (1986)
• Chain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil (1992)
• Chained Together – This book collects Chain Letter 1 and 2. (1994)

Final Friends

• Final Friends 1: The Party (1988)
• Final Friends 2: The Dance (1988)
• Final Friends 3: The Graduation (1989)
• Final Friends Trilogy – This book collects Final Friends 1, 2 and 3 (1999)
• Until the End – This book also collects Final Friends 1, 2 and 3 (2011)

Remember Me

• Remember Me (1989)
• Remember Me 2: The Return (1994)
• Remember Me 3: The Last Story (1995)
• Remember Me – This book collects Remember Me 1, 2 and 3 (2010)

The Last Vampire/Thirst

• The Last Vampire (1994)
• The Last Vampire 2: Black Blood (1994)
• The Last Vampire 3: Red Dice (1995)
• The Last Vampire 4: Phantom (1996)
• The Last Vampire 5: Evil Thirst (1996)
• The Last Vampire 6: Creatures of Forever (1996)
• Thirst No. 1 – This book collects The Last Vampire 1, 2 and 3. (2009)
• Thirst No. 2 – This book collects The Last Vampire 4, 5 and 6. (2010)
• Thirst No. 3: The Eternal Dawn (2010)
• Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death (2011)
• Thirst – This is a boxed set with Thirst No. 1, 2, and 3 (2013)
• Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil (2013)
• Thirst No. 6: Sita (To Be Announced)
• Thirst No. 7 (To Be Announced)

Spooksville

• Spooksville – This is a series of 24 children's books (1995–1998)

Alosha

• Alosha (2004)
• The Shaktra (2005)
• The Yanti (2006)
• Nemi (To Be Announced)

Short Stories

• Tales of Terror – Six original short stories (1997)
• Tales of Terror #2 – Five original short stories (1998)

Stories in Collections

• Thirteen: 13 Tales of Horror by 13 Masters of Horror – This book has Pike's stories Collect Call and Collect Call 2: The Black Walker (1991)
• 666: The Number of the Beast – This book has Pike's story Saving Face (2007)

Adult Fiction

• Sati (1990)
• The Season of Passage (1992)
• The Listeners (1995)
• The Cold One (1995)
• The Blind Mirror (2003)
• Falling (2007)
• The Sixth Door (To Be Announced)

See also

• R. L. Stine