Stuart Gibbs's Blog, page 20

When I was a kid, I used to dream of getting a book published.
Now that I have, I’ve moved to the next level of discontent.  I don’t only want my books published in one country.  I want them published everywhere.
Well, we’re making progress on that front.  Spy School is already being scheduled for publication throughout [...]

Yes, that’s right.  Belly Up has hit the much-coveted 1,000 review mark on Goodreads, which — since Belly Up debuted three years ago — has established itself as the pre-eminent book reviewing site on the Internet.  (The pre-eminent book-reviewing site on the Internet used to be Amazon {where Belly Up has 277 reviews} which might [...]

This is probably old news, as I’m sure you were riveted to the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgars Awards on May 2nd — as well as the twelve hours of red carpet coverage to see what I or Gillian Flynn or Ken Follett was wearing.  But Spy School did not win the Edgar for best [...]

Why haven’t I been posting?  Where have I been lately?
Traveling.  That’s where.
A few interesting encounters from my tour.
1) At a book signing in Denver, I am approached by another Stuart Gibbs.  I have long suspected there were other Stuart Gibbses out there, but I have never met one before.  This one, oddly enough, is also [...]

[ April 19, 2013; ] I will be speaking at the Children's Literature Festival at Truman State University in Kirksville Missouri on Friday, April 19th.  I'm not sure of the exact times, as I will talk several times during the day -- and in addition, I have been asked to be the keynote speaker at the banquet that evening.  So, [...]

For all my fans in the northern bay area of California, I’ll be at Copperfield’s in Petaluma, CA on Wednesday, April 24, from 3:00 – 5:00.
There are six Copperfield’s, so make sure you go to the one in fabulous Petaluma — 140 Kentucky Street.  Hope to see you there!

[ April 23, 2013; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] For all of you in Silicon Valley, I'll be at Hicklebee's ("Where Books Come Alive!") on Tuesday, April 23 from 3:00-4:30.

Hicklebee's is located at 1378 Lincoln Ave in fabulous San Jose, CA.  Hope to see you there!

[ April 21, 2013; 12:00 am to 4:00 pm. 12:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Exciting news!  This year, I have been invited to be on a panel at the awesome Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Sunday, April 21.  For those of you who don't know about this festival, it's really wonderful.  As you have probably deduced, it's in Los Angeles, and it's focused on books.  It used [...]

This post may be old news to you.  For weeks, I’ve been getting reports that, even though the official release date for Spy Camp was today, there have been sightings of the book already out in stores all over the world.  But this is the official release date, so if you haven’t gone to get [...]

The final — and if I may so, most exciting — episode in the award-winning Last Musketeer trilogy, Double Cross isn’t due to be in stores until Tuesday, March 26, but advance scouts inform me that copies have already been spotted in various stores throughout the country (and, for some reason, Sweden).  So if you [...]