Matt Christopher

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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 at that time. 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. He also wrote Soccer Scoop, Soccer Duel, and Top Wing. He has also written many books including soccer, basketball, and football fiction in addition to some biograghies.