Geoff Rodkey

Geoff Rodkey (born September 9, 1970) is an American screenwriter and author.

Geoff Rodkey
Rodkey at the 2014 Gaithersburg Book Festival
Born	Geoffrey William Rodkey (1970-09-09) September 9, 1970 (age 54)[citation needed] Freeport, Illinois, US
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Children's fiction, screenplays
Website
geoffrodkey.com

His 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.^[1] 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 the first two Daddy Day Care films (2003-2007), RV, and The Shaggy Dog (both 2006).

He received an Emmy nomination for his contributions to the Politically Incorrect broadcasts from the 1996 Democratic and Republican conventions on Comedy Central.^[1]

Works

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[1]
1996	Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot	assisted with Al Franken's book[2]
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![3]	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