Vital statistics for Stuart Gibbs:
Birthdate: June 11 (Please do not feel obligated to send presents)
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Place that he really spent most of his childhood: San Antonio, TX
Place that he lives now: Los Angeles, CA
Interesting thing he did before becoming a writer: Worked at a zoo
Large, semi-aquatic rodents he was at one point one of the world’s foremost experts on: Capybaras
Reason he was one of the world’s foremost experts on capybaras: No one else was studying them
Movies he has written that have actually been made: See Spot Run, Repli-Kate, Showdown
Animated movies he worked on: Anastasia, Open Season 3, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (yes, another Three Musketeers project)
TV networks that have hired him to develop TV shows for them: ABC, Fox, Disney, Nickelodeon
Did any of those TV shows get on the air? No
Hobbies: Hiking, cycling, skiing, canyoneering, traveling
Does he have any hobbies that don’t involve being outside? Not really
Wait, what’s canyoneering? It’s kind of like hiking, except you do it in a canyon and occasionally, you have to rappel down a waterfall.
Wow, sounds cool. It is. It’s really cool.
Favorite place to travel to: Anywhere in Africa to go on safari
Wife: Suzanne
Children: Dashiell and Violet
Next books: “Spy School” will be in stores on March 6, 2012. And “Traitor’s Chase,” the sequel to “The Last Musketeer,” will be available on June 26, 2012.
You can reach Stu at:
stuart.gibbs@rocketmail.com
Or send mail the old fashioned way to:
International Creative Management
10250 Constellation Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(Warning: It can take a few months to reach Stu the old-fashioned way. But he really appreciates the letters and tries to respond to each one.)
