I’m a director at Netflix.” I wrote them back and just said, “Glad you liked the books.

One of the letters said, “I'm a big fan of yours, Mr. It was a good interview and it was posted on Facebook, and a lot of people read the interview and wrote to me. How did the adaptation of The Midnight Club come about? I don’t think I’d done an interview in over a decade - I guess I like being reclusive - but I finally decided to do an interview with a woman who had grown up reading my books, so she really knew them quite well. I found their faith and courage staggering and very inspirational. The really interesting thing I noticed was that the parents naturally would be freaking out, but the teenagers faced with dying -the biggest mystery of all - were very centered in the idea that they had a soul and that they were not going to disappear. The story actually made me aware of how prevalent cancer is at young ages. The parents were grateful but I thought, “Why didn’t I just send the damn book? She would've read 90% of it.” I just felt like I should have known how sick she was.Īfter you published The Midnight Club, did you hear from other sick teens about how it resonated with them? Yes, there were other parents and kids who contacted me that were ill. I said, “Do you want to read what I have?” And she said, “No, I want to read the whole thing.” But it was just one of those tragic events that, just when I finished it, she had died the day before. Toward the end, I started to get worried that her voice was getting weaker. She said, “Could you write a book about us?” I said, “Yeah, I couldn't have you talking about my books but I could make up new stories.” I was just finishing a book, and I finished it real quick so I could start on this book for her. They called themselves the Midnight Club. She told me she was in a hospital with a kids’ cancer ward and that they would meet at midnight to discuss my books.

What was the original inspiration for The Midnight Club ? I was contacted by the parents of a young woman who was sick. The Midnight Club shows us that we're all just stories in the end.

Witch by christopher pike