 He co-authored with Craig Spector his first novel, "The Light at the End", which was purchased by Bantam Books in 1984 and published in 1986.It sold over a million copies worldwide.He co-wrote five more original horror novels with Spector over the next six years as well as a novelization of the 1985 cult film "Fright Night" (based on Tom Holland's script) which managed to be published before their previously sold novel "The Light at the End".