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“Why do you need three names? Are you try’na hide out from the law?” -Josh S., 8 years old

Johnathan Rand and Christopher Knight are pseudonyms of Christopher Tod Wright, who began his writing career in 1983 at radio station WQON in Grayling, Michigan shortly after realizing he wasn’t cut out for college life. After writing/producing thousands of radio/television commercials and various narrations/voiceovers, in 1998 he released the self-published audiobook St. Helena, under his ‘radio name’ of Christopher Knight, followed by the novelization of the same book (1999) as well as another novel that same year, entitled Ferocity (AudioCraft Publishing, Inc.). It was during the writing of Ferocity that brought about the idea of the Michigan Chillersseries. The first book in that series, entitled Mayhem on Mackinac Island, was published under the pen name of Johnathan Rand in March of 2000, followed almost immediately by #2: Terror Stalks Traverse City. An immediate smash success, 8 more books in the Michigan Chillers series followed within a year. In December of 2001 the first book in the American Chillers series was published (The Michigan Mega-Monsters), followed by the Freddie Fernorntner, Fearless First Grader series (2004). More adul

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Johnathan Rand gets a kick out of scaring kids…and the kids love it.

Rand is the author of the “Michigan Chillers” series of books that feature pre-teens taking on all manner of creepy things in various Michigan communities…poltergeists in Petoskey, aliens in Alpena, gargoyles in Gaylord (you get the picture). Since Rand published his first book, “Mayhem on Mackinac Island,” in 2000, the series has exploded in popularity, and now fills the shelves of bookstores across the state. “Michigan Chillers” has become so popular that it led Rand to create another series, “American Chillers,” that will eventually feature kids tackling weird goings-on in every state in the union. As if Rand isn’t busy enough, he also writes books for adult readers, and is the author of two additional children’s book series, “Freddie Fernortner, Fearless First Grader,” and “Adventure Club.” I recently spoke to Rand by phone while he was at Chillermania!, his store in Indian River that sells all of Rand's children’s books, as well as other products.

Johnathan Rand

 

How did you start writing "Michigan Chillers"?

“It happened in a roundabout way. I had written adult fiction