Christian McKay Heidicker | |
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Born | February 12, 1982 |
Occupation | Writer |
Notable works | Scary Stories for Young Foxes |
Notable awards | John Newbery Honor 2020 |
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Christian McKay Heidicker (born February 12, 1982) is an American author of children's books. His book Scary Stories for Young Foxes received a Newbery Honor in 2020. [1]
Prior to his career as a novelist, Heidicker held several jobs in the education field. These included creating instructional comic books, writing articles on science and history for students, and teaching creative writing at Broadview University. [2]
Heidicker's first novel, the young adult title Cure for the Common Universe, was published in 2016. Scary Stories for Young Foxes, his first middle grade book, appeared in 2019. It was hailed by Kirkus Reviews as "dark and skillfully distressing." [3] Scary Stories went on to win a Newbery Honor in 2020.
Heidicker lives and works in Salt Lake City, Utah. [2]
Young adult novels
Middle Grade novels
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