Editing Christopher Pike (author) (section)

==Biography==
McFadden was born in [[New York City]] in 1955, but grew up in [[California]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Author bio|url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Christopher-Pike/1080960/biography|publisher=Simon and Schuster|accessdate=12 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325031335/http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Christopher-Pike/1080960/biography|archivedate=25 March 2013}}</ref> He attended college briefly before quitting and working various jobs such as house painting and computer programming. He initially tried writing [[science fiction]] and adult [[Mystery fiction|mystery]], but later began writing teen thrillers due to an editor's suggestion. 

His first novel, ''Slumber Party'', was written initially as a supernatural thriller containing a character with [[pyrokinesis]] (psychic ability to start and control fire), which he later eliminated upon the request of his editor. The book was then re-written as a mystery thriller about a group of teenagers who encounter bizarre and violent events during a skiing weekend. His editor sold the book to Scholastic Press, which released it in 1985.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pike|first=Christopher|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1020241948|title=Slumber Party.|date=1985|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=978-0-590-43014-2|oclc=1020241948}}</ref> Pike's next novel, ''Weekend'', was also published through Scholastic.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pike|first=Christopher|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316252624|title=Weekend|date=1986|publisher=Pocket Books|isbn=978-0-590-44256-5|location=New York|language=English|oclc=316252624}}</ref> He would later publish one more novel through Scholastic, the 1986 ''Chain Letter'', after which he engaged mainly with Simon and Schuster.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christopher Pike 1|url=http://www.gradyhendrix.com/christopher-pike-1|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Grady Hendrix|language=en-US}}</ref> 

Pike continued to write several young adult novels, and also juvenile novels comprising the series ''[[Spooksville]]'', as well as several adult novels such as his 1990 book, ''[[Sati (novel)|Sati]]''. Spooksville was adapted into a television series in 2013 for the Hub network (now known as [[Discovery Family]]).