My name is Christian McKay Heidicker.

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Christian McKay Heidicker is looking to adopt a new cat. His first cat, Lucifer Morningstar, scares the demons out of his apartment, but his second cat, Rorschach, keeps dragging them back in. Christian is the author of the Newbery Honor-winning Scary Stories for Young Foxes, its non-Newbery-winning companion The City, and the Thieves of Weirdwood trilogy, which is pretty good if you’re into that sort of thing. He would name the cat Video Games, Jr.

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I spent several years working in education, developing instructional comic books for a non-profit, and teaching creative writing at Broadview University. I wrote science and history articles for 4th-12th graders over at Bird Brain Science, hoping to make young students giggle and gasp their way through what otherwise might feel like difficult science subjects.

I occasionally co-host storytelling evenings in Salt Lake City. If you can locate us, we'd love to have you.

Scribblings

Check out the BOOKS section for deets and praise on my novels.

You might enjoy these short stories:

• There Are No Marshmallows in Camelot

• An Excess of Light

• I Heart Wednesday Addams (on Tinder)

• Crinkle Think

And this article:

• Where Lies the Grave Robber?

Here’s an interview or two:

• Finding Hope in Horror: Christian McKay Heidicker is Not Afraid to Scare Kids

• PW’s Q&A with Christian McKay Heidicker

• “Unabashedly Hopeful, Heartbroken, & Silly” w/ Interstellar Flight Magazine

• '“How a breakup led to winning a Newbery honor for this Utah author” (article from the Deseret News)

• Rodgers Memorial Library Blog (Interview with Rebecca Berezin)

• Interview w/ editor Christian Trimmer

• Interview w/ agent John M. Cusick

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