Meet the Authors: Stuart Gibbs and James Ponti

Join Stuart Gibbs and James Ponti as they discuss their newest releases, SPY SCHOOL BLACKOUT and HURRICANE HEIST. 

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About SPY SCHOOL BLACKOUT

In the thirteenth book in Stuart Gibbs’s New York Times bestselling Spy School series, superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley goes off the grid to eliminate a cybersecurity threat.

After a devious computer hacker pulls off the CIA’s worst-case scenario, shutting down power networks all over the world, Ben and his fellow spies-in-training are forced to make a harrowing emergency landing of their plane in Indonesia. While chaos begins to erupt around the planet, Ben deduces that his team is closer to the mysterious hacker’s base than anyone else. But with all computers and phones down, there’s no way to communicate with anyone at the CIA. On their latest mission to save the world, Ben and his friends face a conniving villain, assassins, pirates, sharks, and very big lizards in the most remote—and deadly—location of any spy school yet!

About THE SHERLOCK SOCIETY: HURRICANE HEIST:

When a category three hurricane hits Miami Beach, it uncovers a body buried at the renowned Moroccan Hotel. The body is identified as the man who served as the hotel’s bell captain sixty years ago…and the presumed culprit of the million-dollar jewel heist that took place just before his disappearance.

Since the bell captain clearly didn’t take off with the goods as had been long believed, the Sherlock Society sets their sights on uncovering the real culprit of the theft. But when the thief may also be implicated in the bell captain’s murder, even sixty years later, there are people who want the truth to stay buried.

About Stuart Gibbs:

A few interesting things that Stuart Gibbs has done:

Worked at a zoo, Researched capybaras (the world's largest rodents), Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Cage dived with great white sharks, Faced down a charging elephant, Swum with penguins in the Galapagos, Ice-climbed a glacier in Patagonia, Visited the cockpit of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Helped rescue sixteen children from drowning off the coast of Israel, Written a few movies that actually got made (See Spot Run; Repli-Kate; Showdown), Worked on a few animated movies (Anastasia; Open Season 3; Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers)

He is currently at work on several more books -- and the screenplay for Spy School the movie. You can learn all about them at www.stuartgibbs.com

About James Ponti:

James Ponti is the New York Times Bestselling author of three Middle Grade book series: the new SHERLOCK SOCIETY, featuring siblings Alex and Zoe Sherlock, who take their last name as inspiration when choosing a summer job, CITY SPIES, about an unlikely squad of five kids from around the world who form an elite MI6 Spy Team; The Edgar Award-winning FRAMED! series, about a pair of Sherlockian tweens who solve mysteries in Washington, D.C.; and the DEAD CITY trilogy, about a secret society that polices the undead living beneath Manhattan. 

He is also an Emmy-nominated television writer and producer who has worked for many networks including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, PBS, History Channel, Spike TV, and the Golf Channel. He lives with his family in Orlando, Florida. Find out more at JamesPonti.com.

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