He knows what his readers want and never fails to deliver.”īorn in 1961, and starting his writing career after leaving college, Pike did not set out to pen horror novels he originally wanted to write adult mystery and science fiction, but had little luck getting his book proposals accepted. Praising him as “probably one of the most original and exciting authors of teenage fiction this decade,” Jonathan Weir noted in Books for Keeps that “His writing is flawless, his ideas breathtaking, and there’s a mystique about him that’s hard to pinpoint. Since his first novel, Slumber Party was published, Pike produced fiction at a remarkable rate, and novels such as Monster, The Hollow Skull, and The Grave have given thrills and chills to young readers, much to the dismay of conservative parents, who recoil from the graphic violence and references to teen sexuality that are sometimes found in Pike’s books. With over half a million books in print, Christopher Pike-has made a name for himself as a master of the teen horror novel.
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