{{short description|American screenwriter and author}} {{Infobox writer | name = Geoff Rodkey | image = Geoff rodkey 5172548.JPG | imagesize = 150 | alt = | caption = Rodkey at the 2014 Gaithersburg Book Festival | pseudonym = | birth_name = Geoffrey William Rodkey | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970| 09 |09 }}{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} | birth_place = Freeport, Illinois, US | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Writer | education = | period = | genre = Children's fiction,<!--prefer more specific--> screenplays | subject = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|geoffrodkey.com}} | portaldisp = }}
'''Geoff Rodkey''' (born September 9, 1970) is an American screenwriter and author.
Rodkey's most recent novel is the suburban-apocalypse comedy ''Lights Out in Lincolnwood''. Previously, he co-wrote comedian Kevin Hart's 2021 debut middle grade novel ''Marcus Makes a Movie'' and the 2019 science fiction comedy ''We're Not From Here.'' In 2018, he collaborated with the Story Pirates arts education group on ''The Story Pirates Present: Stuck in the Stone Age,'' a novel bundled with a creative writing guide for middle graders.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com" /> Prior to that, his four-book series ''The Tapper Twins'' began publication in 2015 with ''The Tapper Twins Go To War (With Each Other)''. His first novel was ''Deadweather and Sunrise'', the first book in ''The Chronicles of Egg'' comedy/adventure series for middle grade readers.
His film work includes ''Daddy Day Care'', ''RV'', and ''The Shaggy Dog''. He received an Emmy nomination for his contributions to the ''Politically Incorrect'' broadcasts from both the 1996 Democratic and Republican national conventions on Comedy Central.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.storypirates.com/book/|title=Read & Submit|website=Story Pirates|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref>
== Works == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Notes |- | 1994 || ''Beavis and Butt-head'' || TV series: Episodes "Cow Tipping" and "Health Club" (co-written with J. Stewart Burns) |- | 1995 || Newtisms || First book<ref name="huffingtonpost.com" /> |- | 1996 || ''Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot ''|| assisted with Al Franken's book<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://s126640.gridserver.com/?portfolio=geoff-rodkey |title=HSG Agency >> Geoff Rodkey |access-date=2011-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426035447/http://s126640.gridserver.com/?portfolio=geoff-rodkey |archive-date=2012-04-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 1996 || ''Politically Incorrect'' || TV series 8 episodes Emmy Nomination |- | 1998 || ''LateLine'' || TV series (staff writer) |- | 2003 || ''Daddy Day Care'' || |- | 2006 || ''The Shaggy Dog'' || screenplay (shared credit) |- | 2006 || ''RV'' || |- | 2007 || ''Daddy Day Camp'' || characters / screenplay / story (shared credit) |- | 2011 || ''Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!''<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/07/12/disney-channels-newest-hit-good-luck-charlie-is-picked-up-for-second-season-plus-a-disney-channel-original-movie-36450/20100712disney01/ Disney Channel's Newest Hit, "Good Luck Charlie," Is Picked-Up for Second Season, Plus a Disney Channel Original Movie]</ref> || Disney Channel Original Movie |- | 2012 || ''Deadweather and Sunrise'' || The Chronicles of Egg #1 |- | 2013 || ''New Lands'' || The Chronicles of Egg #2 |- | 2014 || ''Blue Sea Burning'' || The Chronicles of Egg #3 |- | 2015 || ''The Tapper Twins Go To War (With Each Other)'' || The Tapper Twins #1 (pub. date April 7, 2015) |- | 2015 || ''The Tapper Twins Tear Up New York'' || The Tapper Twins #2 (pub. date Sept. 29, 2015) |- | 2016 || ''The Tapper Twins Run For President'' || The Tapper Twins #3 (pub. date Sept. 6, 2016) |- |2017 |''The Tapper Twins Go Viral'' || The Tapper Twins #4 (pub. date April 4, 2017) |- |2018 |''The Story Pirates Present: Stuck in the Stone Age'' || collaboration with Story Pirates and Vince Boberski (pub. date March 6, 2018) |- |2019 |''We're Not From Here'' |pub. date March 5, 2019 |- |2021 |''Marcus Makes a Movie'' |co-writer with primary author Kevin Hart; pub. date June 1, 2021 |- |2021 |''Lights out in Lincolnwood'' |pub. date July 6, 2021 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website }} *[http://tappertwins.com The Tapper Twins | Official Site] *{{IMDb name|0734900}} *[http://chroniclesofegg.com The Chronicles of Egg] * {{LCAuth|n2007074679|Geoff Rodkey|9|}} *Scripts & Scribes Interview [http://www.scriptsandscribes.com/geoff-rodkey/ with Geoff Rodkey]
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