Gallagher Girls
How many Gallagher Girl books are you going to write?
Six. United We Spy was the final book in the Gallagher Girls series.
Will you do a spin-off series based on the Gallagher Girls?
Possibly someday, but there are no firm plans to do that at this time.
What is the order of the Gallagher Girls books?
GG1: I’D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I’D HAVE TO KILL YOU
GG2: CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO SPY
GG3: DON’T JUDGE A GIRL BY HER COVER
GG4: ONLY THE GOOD SPY YOUNG
GG5: OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF TIME
GG6: UNITED WE SPY
Where did you get the idea for The Gallagher Academy?
I was watching the TV show ALIAS one night and misunderstood what was happening in the episode. I thought it was about a girl at a spy school, but it wasn’t. It didn’t matter that I was wrong, though, because by that point I couldn’t stop wondering what I spy school would be like, and I knew I had to write that story.
Who is the girl on the covers of your books?
Actually, it’s all different girls and I don’t know any of their names–sorry. My awesome publisher, Disney-Hyperion, has tried to get the same model for each shoot but so far that hasn’t been possible. For the GG3 cover they actually did some fancy stuff with Photoshop so that the girl’s face is the same from LYKY, but each book technically shows a different model.
When will ____ book be published in _____ country?
There is no such thing as a universal international publication date, but we do our best to keep a list of all of the countries where we have sold publishing rights. Please check this list to see if a publisher in your country has purchased rights. Then you’ll need to check with a local bookstore or the local publisher to determine what the publication date might be. For more information on how international publishing works, please read this post.
Why does the uniform change colors on every book?
The decision to make the uniforms a different color on each book doesn’t have anything to do with the books or the school. Actually, it’s a little trick that hopefully helps the “look” of the book walk the line between making people recognize it as a Gallagher Girls book but also keeps people from thinking that they’ve read that one before.
So, in other words, ideally people will think: hey, I know those books. But they will also say “my books are blue and green–this red one must be new!”
It’s a thin, thin line and a tough one to walk–that’s why it takes so long to get the GG covers right sometimes.
There are some pages missing in one of my books. Help!
Sometimes books are misprinted, but don’t worry. If you get a misprinted book you simply have to return it to the store where you bought it. Most stores will happily exchange damaged merchandise for a new copy at no charge.
At the beginning of LYKY Cammie says that she’ll turn 16 next month, but at the beginning of CMH Cammie says she’s still fifteen? How is that possible? When is Cammie’s birthday?
You are very observant. But sort of mistaken. Let me explain.
Cammie writes each book (or each book so far) during the school break that follows the semester in question.
So Cammie, the narrator, is telling the story of LYKY during winter break–in other words during late December or early January. So when she says “I’ll be sixteen next month” she’s talking about turning sixteen in late January or early February (to tell you the truth, I’ve never really narrowed it down.)
So she actually turned 16 during the course of CMH. Initially, there was a scene in there about her birthday, but it didn’t serve any purpose, so it got cut somewhere along the line.
Where did you come up with the name Gallagher?
The name Gallagher comes from Gallagher-Iba Arena at my alma mater, Oklahoma State University.