Geoff Herbach

Geoff Herbach is an American novelist. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, on October 30, 1969, Herbach grew up in Platteville, Wisconsin. He is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing. He is the author of one picture book and nine novels, including The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg, The Stupid Fast Trilogy, Fat Boy Vs. The Cheerleaders, and Hooper. Stupid Fast won the 2011 Cybils Award in the Young Adult Fiction category. Nothing Special won the 2013 Minnesota Book Award for Young People's literature. Cracking the Bell won the 2020 Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement by a Wisconsin author.