Geoff Herbach
Geoff Herbach is an award winning[1] American novelist.[2] Born in Dubuque, Iowa on October 30, 1969,[2][3] Herbach grew up in Plattville, Wisconsin.[4] He is an alum of Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota,[5] where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing.[3] He is the author of several novels, including The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg, Stupid Fast, and a sequel to Stupid Fast titled Nothing Special.[2][6][7] In February 2012, Stupid Fast was named winner of the 2011 Cybils Award in the Young Adult Fiction category.[1][2] Nothing Special won the 2013 Minnesota Book Award for Young People's literature.[8] He is co-authoring a new novel with Tom DeLonge of Blink-182 and Angels and Airwaves called Strange Times, set for release in Summer of 2016.[9]
Herbach has written scripts for Electric Arc Radio, Radio Happy Hour, Powderkeg Live, and The Lit 6 Project.[6][10] He co-wrote the musical "Don’t Crush Our Heart" and has been a reader on Talking Image Connection.[11] A former teacher at Anoka-Ramsey Community College,[12] Herbach has had stories published in Workers Write!, Bathtub Gin, American Nerd and other journals and has also read work on Minnesota Public Radio.[10][13]
Herbach currently resides in Mankato, Minnesota where he teaches creative writing at Minnesota State University, Mankato.[14][15] He is married to writer Stephanie Wilbur Ash and has two children.[10][15][16]
Books
- The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg (2008)[2][6]
- Stupid Fast (2011)[2][6]
- Nothing Special (2012)[2][6]
- I'm with Stupid (2013)[2][6]
- Fat Boy Vs. the Cheerleaders (2014)
- Anything You Want (2016)
References
- 1 2 Cyblis winners.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Geoff Herbach." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Biography in Context. Web. 3 Jan. 2014. Gale Document Number: GALE|H1000186792.
- 1 2 MNArtists.
- ↑ MNPR.
- ↑ Hamline University.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Geoff Herbach." The Writers Directory. Detroit: St. James Press, 2013. Biography in Context. Web. 3 Jan. 2014. Gale Document Number: GALE|K1649582743.
- ↑ Herbach at Goodreads.
- ↑ 2013 Minnesota Book Awards.
- ↑ http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=c7512c340fedd91496534b298&id=d54abe764f
- 1 2 3 Herbach about/.
- ↑ Mental Contagion.
- ↑ Wordpress.
- ↑ Children's Literature Network".
- ↑ Minnesota State University.
- 1 2 Fresh fiction.
- ↑ Stephanie Wilbur Ash.
External links
- Geoff Herbach at Library of Congress Authorities, with 5 catalog records