Ask the Author: Stuart Gibbs
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Stuart Gibbs
Do you think I was making a 6-7 reference? I was not. There are actually 67 structures on the stretch of the Great Wall of China where the story takes place. That's a fact. It's not pandering to a trend.
Stuart Gibbs
Writing a graphic novel is much more like writing a movie than a book because it is a visual style. Therefore, I write the graphic novel scripts like screenplays.
Stuart Gibbs
Obviously, I am not in agreement with Erica on this. Except for the part about the geese.
Stuart Gibbs
I do not know how many FJ books there will be.
Stuart Gibbs
Spy School Goes East came out yesterday, October 6.
Stuart Gibbs
I would like to write at least one more Charlie Thorne but do not know if I have the time to do it.
Stuart Gibbs
My next book comes out tomorrow. October 6. No need for more details. You can now read it.
Stuart Gibbs
As far as I know we are not friends. I don;t recall meeting anyone with your name.
Stuart Gibbs
All my SS books happen somewhere. I can't reveal where future books might take place -- except Spy School Goes East, which takes place in China. (So yes, my books could happen anywhere, really.)
Stuart Gibbs
The next book is spy School Goes East in early October.
All upcoming releases can be found on every page at stuartgibbs.com
All upcoming releases can be found on every page at stuartgibbs.com
Stuart Gibbs
I would like to write another Charlie Thorne but I have a lot of other things I am working on -- and Charlie Thorne books take much longer than any of my other books to research, so I don't know if I willl find the time.
Stuart Gibbs
I generally start with the culprit and work backward. There are mystery writers who just make it up as they go but... I have no idea how they do that.
Stuart Gibbs
Ben is having more adventures and missions in his second year than in his first. Spy Camp occurs during the summer. By the time the 8th book, Revolution occurs, there has not been another summer yet in the series.
Stuart Gibbs
I had the idea for Spy School for a long time, so Erica and her background were developed over many years of brainstorming. I always wanted the best student in Spy School to be a girl who was considerably better than anyone else there. Eventually, I came up with the reason why she would be so good -- that she's a legacy -- an then that helped me figure out what someone with her background might be like. The next book in the series, Spy School Goes east, will be out in October. You can find it on this site. And there will be another SS book next year.
Stuart Gibbs
There were lots and lots of books -- and authors -- who inspired me to write. Just a few: The Westing game by Ellen Raskin, the Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald J Sobol, anything by Roald Dhal or Shel Silverstein, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, anything by Carl Hiaasen or Michael Crichton.
Stuart Gibbs
Both those characters are friendly, nice people, so I presume they would be friends.
Stuart Gibbs
I love Lucy's covers, but the publisher felt that for this series, we might want a change.
Stuart Gibbs
It's probably still there.
Stuart Gibbs
Sometimes it is every year. Sometimes it is two years. It depends on what else I have to work on.
Stuart Gibbs
Any character who has appeared in a previous book could always surface in an upcoming book.
Not sure what you mean by 'uncensored'. Are you asking if I could actually explain in detail exactly how Orion managed to take out all the world's power networks? Then anyone who wanted to do such a thing would be able to do it. So it would be unethical of me to print that.
Not sure what you mean by 'uncensored'. Are you asking if I could actually explain in detail exactly how Orion managed to take out all the world's power networks? Then anyone who wanted to do such a thing would be able to do it. So it would be unethical of me to print that.
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