- Writes books under the name Christopher Pike, a pseudonym taken from The "Star Trek" character of the same name.
- A popular author of teenage horror novels.
- In his Last Vampire books, the lead character's name Alisa is also an alias for Sita.
- Pike alludes to his use of a pseudonym in his novel The Eternal Dawn where a character shares things in common with Pike, e.g a writer who doesn't make public appearances, or do book signings and his picture doesn't appear on his books, and if it's an accurate portrayal of Pike, than he also hates funerals and tends to avoid them, plays computer games, orders lots of room service so he can give most of it to the homeless, donate money to charity and give away royalties, he's not much of a crier and hasn't a stomach for violence or prying. The character laments the lead character Alisa's passing in The Eternal Dawn, probably meaning Pike felt she were part of his world too.
- Pike and fellow author L.J. Smith have a mailing list for any future books.
- Pike called Marathon Man (1976) an interesting movie in his novel The Eternal Dawn, meaning he must be a fan but instead of citing the famous drill scene as the best, it's the scene after when Dustin Hoffman is rescued by a friend, who's secretly in league with Laurence Olivier and drives him right back.
- In his book The Eternal Dawn the lead character Alisa is a vampire who can only forge friendships for ten years before dropping out of sight; in Death Becomes Her (1992) Meryl Streep's character must do the same with her career after drinking a potion that grants eternal youth and beauty before people grow suspicious of her unnaturally youthful looks. Pike also borrowed an idea from Predator (1987) when Arnold Schwarzenegger's character covers himself in mud to screen his body heat and hides in a tree to ambush the Predator; Alisa does the same with an unknown assailant, except with leaves.
- A Star Trek (1966) fan, his books will make oblique references to the various films and series, and his pseudonym derives from the original captain of the Enterprise who was in the untransmitted pilot episode.
- FilmNation almost adapted The Last Vampire into a film, but the rights lapsed to Pike.
- The Eternal Dawn, Book 7 in Pike's Last Vampire series makes oblique references to the Twilight book series, e.g, vampires and werewolves as mortal enemies, vampires can move in daylight, vampire gods, etc, but as a story sold to Playboy.
- In his Last Vampire book series, vampires don't sleep in coffins, something shared by the Twilight book series and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
- In his novel The Eternal Dawn vampires cry blood; this has its antecedent in Bram Stoker's Dracula, and happens to vampires in True Blood (2008) and Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994).
- Named one of the characters Cindy in his Spooksville and The Last Vampire book series, and used the surname Freeman in both series as well. He also named the hero of the Spooksville books Adam and used Adams as the lead character Alisa's surname in The Last Vampire.
- Pike plans to release the fourth Alosha book Nemi around the same time as the animated movie adaptation of the first book.
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