An Author Among Us

Madison is know for celebrities such as Eric Heiden and Chris Farley.  Closer to home, there are rumors that Chris Noth, of the television series, "Sex in the City" and "The Good Wife" lived in Sunset Village for a time.

Bill Bibo, Jr. doesn't profess to be of the same celebrity status as these individuals, but he is hoping to make his mark quietly penning children's books and stories in Sunset Village.  Bibo is an architect by trade, but over the last few years he has written short stories for teenagers.

Is designing a story much different than designing a building?  Both need a solid foundation with subplots to keep the structure of the entity supported.  For Bibo, he has found pleasure and success with both careers.  As an architect with Flad Architects, he specializes in health care and has been involved in projects all over the U.S., most recently a project at the UW Hospital.  But it's his writing and the process of writing that he really enjoys.

"I've always been a reader and I took a creative writing course in college," Bibo explains.  "When our youngest son went off to college, I found I had more time to write."

Recently, he has written a self-published e-book called Dr. Zombie Lives Next Door for children ages 8-12.  The story begins when Jenny and her best friend Bobby both believe that the notorious Dr. Zombie has moved into the empty house next door.  Strange machinery was unloaded from the moving van and even stranger lights appear in the basement late at night.  What they didn't count on was that Dr. Zombie has a family and his son Victor, is in the same class with Jenny!  Then there's the mysterious man in black who's hiding in the bushes watching their house.

"Everything comes together at the funniest science fair you've ever seen," says Bibo.

Bibo is working on a second book for pre-teen readers called Hamburger Madness about a robot, CJ, and a human, Murray, who run a hamburger franchise on the dark side of the moon.  "Hamburger Madness" will be the the first in a series of books that chronicle the adventures of CJ and Murray.

"I don't have a problem with ideas," says Bibo.  "I do have a problem with time to write them all."

Dr. Zombie Lives Next Door is available for $1.99 at smashwords.com  and amazon.com  You can learn more about Bill Bibo, Jr. on his blog, Bibo Madness.