I'm with Stupid (22 page)

Thanks so much to Jim McCarthy, my great agent. To Leah Hultenschmidt, my editor, who I have called a swing doctor for books.

She said, “What does that mean?” I said, “I don't know, exactly, but it's a very good thing to be.”

To Sourcebooks generally—I love working with all of you. Thanks to my excellent mom, my genius wife, Steph, and to all those kids we hang with: Leo, Mira, Christian, and Charlie. My family is inspiring in a million ways. Thanks to librarians and teachers who keep getting books in kids' hands.

Finally, thanks to Minnesota State, Mankato, and the Andreas Endowment for the wonderful support.

Geoff Herbach is the author of the award-winning
Stupid
Fast
YA series. His books have been given the 2011 Cybil Award for best YA novel, selected for the Junior Library Guild, and listed in the year's best by the American Library Association, the American Booksellers Association, and many state library associations. In the past, he wrote the literary novel
The
Miracle
Letters
of
T. Rimberg
, produced radio comedy shows, and toured rock clubs telling weird stories. Geoff teaches creative writing at Minnesota State, Mankato. He lives in a log cabin with his tall wife.