About the Author

Ferrill Gibbs is a writer and singer/songwriter from the Alabama Gulf Coast, whose songs have been featured in American Songwriter Magazine and CMJ, material that iTunes has called, ". . . fully arranged pop songs thatliterate and mature music fans could enjoy."He graduated a touch beneath summa cum laude in English at Auburn University, widely regarded as the off-off-Ivy League of the South. Clinging to the oft repeated axiom that C students rule the world, Ferrill wakes each day in gleeful expectation of the profits to start rolling in, and has a blog that is highly trafficked by his mother, Linnie. Having worked in several industries including food service and construction, Ferrill now manages a chain of family-owned convenience stores with his wife, "Fish," in his hometown of Mobile, Alabama, where they live with two wonderful dogs and one feisty kitten.The Secret Island of Edgar Dewitt is his first novel.

Reviews

"Edgar Dewitt is an adventurous and smart boy who just moved from a small fishing town in Alabama to Mount Lanier, Washington. As Edgar was exploring the woods behind his new backyard, he ran into something quite mysterious: a shack, with a very deep hole in the middle of the floor. This hole is the entrance to Edgar's double life, with math tests by day and adventures by night. During his adventures he makes friends, and enemies.

It was a great book, well written and full of adventures. It had some really interesting characters with some great personalities, making it a wonderful book for anyone over the age of ten. It was a good-sized book, and I couldn't stop reading it. I could really visualize the story. Although the story was a fantasy and not based off of real science, you feel like it could really happen. It was suspenseful. I think it would make a great movie." - Charlie, Age 13--Kids' BookBuzz