Stuart Gibbs


Stuart Gibbs is an American children's author. He has written five series: the FunJungle series, the Moon Base Alpha series, the Spy School series, the Charlie Thorne series, and the Last Musketeer series. He was a screenwriter for many years before becoming an author; among the movies he wrote the screenplay for are Showdown, See Spot Run, and Repli-Kate.
Gibbs' books have been described as "fun, fast-paced." and "entertaining". He mainly writes mystery books.

Personal life

He was born in 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and moved to San Antonio, Texas when he was seven.
Gibbs lives in Los Angeles with his children Dashiell and Violet. His wife, Suzanne Patmore Gibbs, whom he married in 2005, was a successful TV executive who headed drama at ABC and then Sony's Tristar Television. He has a son and a daughter. His wife passed away during the writing of the sixth Spy School book in 2018. He stated in the acknowledgements of the book that many authors and others helped him and his children get through the difficult time.

Books

FunJungle series

The FunJungle series is about a boy named Theodore Fitzroy who lives with his family in the largest zoo in America, the titular FunJungle. Teddy and his friends solve various mysteries that occur around the zoo, trying to watch out for people that will make his life harder, such as Marge "Large Marge" O'Malley and the ever dubious billionaire owner of FunJungle, J.J. McCracken. As the series progresses, Teddy becomes friends with and later starts dating J.J.'s daughter Summer McCracken. Currently, Teddy has solved six mysteries that revolve around a main zoo animal who is in danger.
  1. Belly Up
  2. Poached
  3. Big Game
  4. Panda-monium
  5. Lion Down
  6. Tyrannosaurus Wrecks
7. Untitled

Spy School series

In the Spy School Series, Benjamin Ripley gets recruited to the top secret CIA academy of espionage. He has several successful missions with fellow spy Erica Hale.
Synopsis: Ben Ripley is originally recruited as "bait" to a catch a "mole" but ends up becoming a real spy due to his satisfactory achievement in his mission's.
  1. Spy School
  2. Spy Camp
  3. Evil Spy School
  4. Spy Ski School
  5. Spy School Secret Service
  6. Spy School Goes South
  7. Spy School British Invasion
  8. Spy School Revolution
9. Untitled

Moon Base Alpha series

The MBA series takes place in 2041 where Dashiell Gibson and his family are recruited to go to Moon Base Alpha, the first human galactic colony. Dashiell has to solve mysteries in each book.
  1. Space Case
  2. Spaced Out
  3. Waste of Space

    The Last Musketeer series

The Last Musketeer series is about a boy named Greg who goes back in time to the time of the Three Musketeers to save his parents.
  1. The Last Musketeer
  2. Traitor's Chase
  3. Double Cross

    Charlie Thorne series

The Charlie Thorne series centers around a 12 year old genius named Charlie Thorne, who is trying to recover a deadly equation referred to as Pandora, which was written by Albert Einstein. And if Pandora gets in the wrong hands, deadly things could happen.
  1. Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation
  2. Charlie Throne and the Lost City