Chris began writing about Michael Jackson for the Official fanzine Off The Wall in the summer of 1988. Amongst the articles was a series on Michael Jackson's Number Ones and the memorabilia page Cadman's Corner. Chris also did a lot of the research for the first edition of Adrian Grant's bestselling book, Michael Jackson - The Visual Documentary. Chris launched his own fanzine Jackson in 1995-1996, with Craig Halstead as contributor, proof reader and eventual co-editor. Carrying on from this Chris and Craig began writing a series of books, Michael Jackson - The Early Years and Michael Jackson