The Chalk Man
The Chalk ManC.J. Tudor
Characters in The Chalk Man
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Eddie Adams (The Chalk Man)
The narrator: twelve in 1986, a middle-aged schoolteacher in 2016, still in the village and still haunted by that summer.
Supporting characters
Mr. Halloran
An albino teacher, kind to Eddie, who introduces the children to the chalk-figure code.
Fat Gav
One of Eddie's close childhood friends in the 1986 timeline.
Nicky (The Chalk Man)
The only girl in Eddie's childhood friend group, a vicar's daughter with her own secrets.
Metal Mickey
One of Eddie's childhood friends; returns to Anderbury as an adult in 2016 planning to write a book about the murder, claiming to know who was really responsible.
Hoppo
One of Eddie's close childhood friends in the 1986 timeline, part of the group that discovers the body in the woods.