Matt Christopher

[Sir Tim Drake]

I just acquired a couple issues of Treasure Chest from 1970, and I noticed that they contain stories by one Matt Christopher. As a child, I used to read children's books about sports by an author named Matt Christopher.

Does anyone know if these are the same man?

[MWGallaher]

Looks like it's the same guy. (http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/Christopher.html)
"Besides books, Christopher has had about 275 short stories and articles published in over 65 children and adult magazines. His first sale was a one-act play that was published in 1940 by Greenburg Publishers of New York. His first short story sale was a detective story, titled THE MISSING FINGER POINTS, published by Detective Story Magazine in 1943.

"He wrote the text for the Chuck White series for TREASURE CHEST MAGAZINE from 1967 until 1973, when the magazine, distributed to Catholic schools, became defunct. In the late 1960's, the International Imperial Co. of Kankakee, IL published a series of his short stories that were also dramatized on tape, including an adventure story titled RESCUE MISSION, about an airplane that crashed in the Florida Everglades among a bunch of alligators."

[Sir Tim Drake]

Thanks for the information!

I'm surprised to learn that he died in 1997 at the age of 79 or 80. Somehow his use of the name "Matt" made me think he was a young man.

[dan bailey]

yeah, neat info.

man, i have no idea how many of his kids' sports books i read while growing up -- every one that my hometown library had, i'm sure. must've been dozens.

now, to explore whether william heuman, duane decker, john r tunis or william campbell gault (to name just a few of the other writers of juvenile sports novels i read as a kid) ever scripted comics ...

[DocL]

Haven't thought of that name in years. I swear I read every book he wrote when I was in grade school back in the 60's. Loved them. Wonder if they are still around for my grandsons?

[dan bailey]

Haven't thought of that name in years. I swear I read every book he wrote when I was in grade school back in the 60's. Loved them. Wonder if they are still around for my grandsons?

could well be. i know i've seen some of his books in paperback over the last few years.

[DocL]

could well be. i know i've seen some of his books in paperback over the last few years.

Thanks! I'll start looking.