![]() His popular series have included Chain Letter, Final Friends, Remember Me, and The Last Vampire. Throughout the ’90s, Pike wrote two dozen thrillers for young adults, including Bury Me Deep, Monster, The Immortal, The Visitor, and The Grave. He had two books published a year later and by 1990, another four books. It was an instant hit and launched his successful career. Pike’s first work in this new genre was 1985’s Slumber Party, about a group of teens who are faced with violent events during a ski weekend. ![]() Turning to writing, his earliest efforts was in adult mystery and science fiction, then he moved on to teen thrillers based on a suggestion from his editor. ![]() ![]() Before he was a bestselling author of young adult and children’s fiction, Pike (whose real name is Kevin Christopher McFadden) had dropped out of college and worked various jobs like house painting and computer programming. From the late ’80s through the early 2000s, Christopher Pike wrote around 50 books to entertain and scare teenagers. ![]()
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