
Now I have a great team Grand Central Publishing has been fantastic and it’s going all over the world, including Paris and London. There was no glamor but I was young and I didn’t care. Then I got in my mom’s old Saturn car and drove around on my own tour, crashing on couches. I had two events in New York, organized with my friends. When “Perks” was released, it was a midlist trade paper original. I guess the fact that I’m doing a tour is the big change. You’re on tour with your first book in 20 years. Having spent the last 10 years percolating the ideas in “Imaginary Friend,” the author knows horror works best when audiences are truly invested in the characters. To say any more would spoil the many surprises in a book filled with imagery and themes that run the gamut, from biblical references to fairy tales.īut even in the horror genre, there is the DNA of a Chbosky project: complexly drawn characters, deep friendships and the bonds between family. After Christopher goes missing for six days, a series of strange occurrences take place, including a lottery windfall and Christopher’s sudden intelligence. “Imaginary Friend” tells the story of 7-year-old Christopher who moves with his mother to a new town when she flees an abusive ex.
