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Christian McKay Heidicker

Born

in The United States

February 12, 1982

Website

https://www.cmheidicker.com/

Genre

Young Adult

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Christian McKay Heidicker is an American author of children's books. His book Scary Stories for Young Foxes received a Newbery Honor in 2020.

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.

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." Scary Stories went on to win a Newbery Honor in 2020.

Heidicker lives and works in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...more

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SSFYF deemed one of the best books of the 21st century (so far)!

Unbelievably honored to be on Kirkus’s best books of the century list alongside some of my absolute favorites, Tae Keller, Erin Entrada Kelly, Jasmine Warga, Kwame Alexander, Jerry Craft, Cece Bell, Raina Telgemeier, and Lauren Wolk. Check out the list: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/middle-grade/best-century-so-far/books/

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Christian McKay Heidicker’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 8,621 ratings · 1,791 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Scary Stories for Young Foxes (Scary Stories for Young Foxes, #1) by Christian McKay Heidicker, Junyi Wu (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 5,795 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cure for the Common Universe 3.38 avg rating — 1,253 ratings — published 2016 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City (Scary Stories for Young Foxes, #2) by Christian McKay Heidicker, Junyi Wu (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 779 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thieves of Weirdwood (William Shivering, #1) by Christian McKay Heidicker, William Shivering, Anna Earley (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Attack of the 50 Foot Wallflower 3.45 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghosts of Weirdwood (William Shivering, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scary Stories for Young Foxes: The City (The Scary Stories for Young Foxes Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightmares of Weirdwood: A William Shivering Tale (The Thieves of Weirdwood Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghosts of Weirdwood: Thieves of Weirdwood, Book 2 by Christian McKay Heidicker, William Shivering, Anna Earley 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Series by Christian McKay Heidicker

Scary Stories for Young Foxes (2 books)
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Christian McKay Heidicker,

Junyi Wu (Illustrator)

4.28 avg rating — 6,574 ratings

William Shivering (3 books)
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Christian McKay Heidicker

3.89 avg rating — 525 ratings

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“Just because something goes wrong in your life doesn't mean you get to become the wrong in everyone else's”
― Christian McKay Heidicker, Cure for the Common Universe

tags: better-person, wrong, wrong-choices

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“Sometimes...there's a fire in the fields. A lot of foxes will breathe the smoke...But from the ashes, the trees will grow back greener, better than before. And there will be lots of good things to eat. And even though the fire was scary, and even though it took some foxes away...the other foxes will remember. They'll remember the foxes who died. They'll remember the smell of the smoke. And they'll tell all their friends and siblings and kits about it so that it never has to happen again. And all the foxes will live happily ever after...Or as happy as they can be, at least.”
― Christian McKay Heidicker, Scary Stories for Young Foxes

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“I don't get lonely. I have Nutella. And a vibrator.”
― Christian McKay Heidicker, Cure for the Common Universe

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