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]

Herbach has written scripts for Electric Arc Radio, Radio Happy Hour, Powderkeg Live, and The Lit 6 Project.[6][9] He co-wrote the musical "Don’t Crush Our Heart" and has been a reader on Talking Image Connection.[10] A former teacher at Anoka-Ramsey Community College,[11] Herbach has had stories published in Workers Write!, Bathtub Gin, American Nerd and other journals and has also read work on Minnesota Public Radio.[9][12]

Herbach currently resides in Mankato, Minnesota where he teaches creative writing at Minnesota State University, Mankato.[13][14] He is married to writer Stephanie Wilbur Ash and has two children.[9][14][15]

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