found: Tilt a whirl, 2005:t.p. (Chris Grabenstein)
found: Lights out, 2015:title page (Chris Grabenstein)
found: Wikipedia, June 6, 2016(Chris Grabenstein; Chris Grabenstein is an American author; previously an advertising executive and an improv comedian, he published his first novel in 2005; since then he has written novels for both adults and children, the latter often with frequent collaborator James Patterson; he graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1977 with a degree from the College of Communication and Information; his debut novel was the first in the adult Ceepack Mysteries series, Tilt-A-Whirl; Grabenstein has also written many novels for children, including the Agatha and Anthony award-winning Haunted Mysteries series and the New York Times bestselling Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library; he has also co-authored a number of books with author James Patterson, for whom he previously worked when he was in advertising; he was born in Buffalo, NY) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Grabenstein
found: The Christmas gift, 2014, 1986:title screens (teleplay and story by Christopher Grabenstein)
found: IMDb, December 3, 2018:(Christopher Grabenstein; born September 2, 1955, in Buffalo, New York; screenwriter of The Christmas gift and Little Muppet monsters in the mid-1980s)
found: Chris Grabenstein personal website, via WWW, December 3, 2018:(Chris Grabenstein; co-wrote the screenplay for the CBS-TV movie the Christmas gift and wrote scripts for the Muppets; author of Tilt a whirl and other books)