L. Darby Gibbs has been publishing science fiction and fantasy novels since 2011. She has a five-book time travel series called Students of Jump. She has plans for expanding the series. Gibbs started a fantasy series in 2016, a trilogy called Standing Stone which was completed in September 2017. The Sharded Boy is the first book in the series.
Gibbs third series, a dragon fantasy world, has three books published in 2018. Each is a standalone novel set in the same world. The first book in the series is The Dragon Question.
Gibbs is a teacher of writing and published a non-fiction reference book of traditional story plots titled The Little Handbook of Narrative Frameworks in 2013.
She enjoys going to the theater, reading, traveling and spending time with her family and pets. She has been married more than thirty years, has one child and two dogs. She lives in the United States and has lived in several states north, east, west and south. Though born on the east coast, her roots are buried deepest in Southern California.