MATT CHRISTOPHER
Name: Matt Christopher
Born: 16 August 1917
Died: 20 September 1997
Matt Christopher (August 16, 1917 - September 20, 1997) was a popular author of
children's books, born in Bath, Pennsylvania, the oldest of nine children. He
was a prolific author, writing more than one hundred books, mostly children's
novels centered around sports. Christopher was an athlete as a child and turned
to writing as a career when his first short story "The Missing Finger Points,"
was published in a detective story magazine. His first full-length novel was The
Lucky Baseball Bat, published in 1954. When Christopher was in his thirties and
forties, he played semiprofessional baseball in a Canadian league. He lived in
Rock Hill, South Carolina. Christopher's best works are considered to be Wild
Pitch, The Kid Who Only Hit Homers and Tough to Tackle. Though Christopher wrote
about many sports, his most common subject was baseball.
Name: Matt Christopher
Born: 16 August 1917
Died: 20 September 1997
Matt Christopher (August 16, 1917 - September 20, 1997) was a popular author of
children's books, born in Bath, Pennsylvania, the oldest of nine children. He
was a prolific author, writing more than one hundred books, mostly children's
novels centered around sports. Christopher was an athlete as a child and turned
to writing as a career when his first short story "The Missing Finger Points,"
was published in a detective story magazine. His first full-length novel was The
Lucky Baseball Bat, published in 1954. When Christopher was in his thirties and
forties, he played semiprofessional baseball in a Canadian league. He lived in
Rock Hill, South Carolina. Christopher's best works are considered to be Wild
Pitch, The Kid Who Only Hit Homers and Tough to Tackle. Though Christopher wrote
about many sports, his most common subject was baseball.