Stuart Gibbs's Blog, page 18

Best research day ever

As much as I enjoy writing the Spy School series, the Belly Up series has been a lot more fun to research.  Being an author has opened some doors and allowed me some experiences lately that have been truly wonderful.  I thought that my recent experience getting to meet a rhino at the San Diego Zoo [...]

Space Case launch date

[ September 16, 2016; ] It never hurts to plan ahead.  I have two books coming out this year, though their launch dates are nicely spaced (as opposed to last year, when I had two books by two different publishers come out a week apart).  So start preparing now for the launch of Space Case, my newest adventure/comedy/mystery on September [...]

The cover for Space Case revealed!

I have gone on at length before about how awesome Lucy Cummins is.  She is the designer for all my covers at Simon & Schuster and I think she does an absolutely incredible job.  People really do judge books by their covers and Lucy has designed some of the most wonderfully brilliant, eye-catching designs, which [...]

Answers to your burning questions about ‘Poached’

I’ve been spending a lot of time responding to questions about ‘Evil Spy School’ lately, even though that book doesn’t come out for over a year, because I’ve been getting inundated with them.  However, I’ve also been getting a lot of questions about ‘Poached’ (also known as the sequel to ‘Belly Up’) — and since [...]

More answers to your burning questions about Spy School 3

A couple months ago, I posted a FAQ about SS3 and it generated a pretty huge response.  Everyone out there seems to be very interested in what’s next for Ben Ripley.  Well, I have a little more information for you, so I figured I’d answer some more of your burning questions:
Have you finally figured out [...]

Holiday shopping, made easy

This time of the year can be very stressful.  It’s extremely hard to get the right gift for everyone – or to make sure that the people you really care about are getting you the right gifts.  Well now, thanks to me, you don’t have to worry about the latter!  Here’s how:
1) Simply drag the letter [...]

Take that, Jeff Kinney!

Admittedly, Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, volumes 1-800) is selling a few more books than I am — and also, admittedly, the Warwick’s best-sellers list below is for a single store — but when you’re an author, you take your victories where you can find them.  Not only am I outselling Kinney, but [...]

Poached research update

One of the main reasons that I wrote “Belly Up” — and the soon-to-be-released sequel, “Poached” — was that I love animals.  The books are, in part, a way to share my fascination with animals with my readers — but these days, the fact that I’m writing these books now allows me some amazing opportunities [...]

Signing at Yellow Book Road in San Diego

[ November 12, 2013; 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. ] I will be signing books at Yellow Book Road in San Diego on Tuesday, November 12 at 5:30.

YBR is located at 2750 Historic Decatur Rd. #101.  I'll be signing books and discussing my research for the third book in the FunJungle series (which I'll be doing at the San Diego Zoo.)  So if you're in the [...]

Spy School and Spy Camp ebooks on sale for $1.99 through Nov 10!

I have no idea why this has happened — perhaps to celebrate Spy Camp’s Bluebonnet Award nomination — or perhaps to give everyone something to look forward to in the ten days after Halloween — but until November 10th, the ebook versions of both Spy School and Spy Camp are only $1.99!  That’s right, you [...]