#1 sports writer for kids By: Student Name Matt Christopher #1 sports writer for kids By: Student Name

As A Kid Matt was born August 16,1997 in Bath,Pa He was the oldest of 9 kids His favorite sport was baseball The one thing he had always wanted as a kid was a typewriter When he got his typewriter all he wanted to do was write

Later life He went to college at Virginia Tech He got a mechanical engineering degree and he minored in history When he was 19 he got his first job at general electric in Syracuse He sold his first short story in 1943 the missing finger points His first kids novel was “The Lucky Baseball Bat”published in 1952

How he was inspired When matt was 14,a freshman in high school he started selling magazines detective stories and horrors When he was 17 he won a short story writing contest In his early 20’s he began selling short story’s and articles

Fantastic Facts Matt Christopher writes adventure and sport novels Matt has written over 275 short stories in 65 children and adult magazines

Books written Tennis Ace/The comeback challenge Johnny Long Legs/Center Court Sting Crackerjack Halfback/Football Fugitive Soccer Scoop/Return of Home Run Kid Skateboard Tough/Pool of Fire Dive Right In/Soccer Duel

Catcher With a Glass Arm Nothing But Net Body Check Football Nightmare Books Continued Catcher With a Glass Arm Nothing But Net Body Check Football Nightmare

During His Time World War 2 was in 1939-1945 The Korean War was throughout 1950-19531970 Vietnam War was through 1961-1970

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