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Matthew J. Gilbert

Matthew J. Gilbert has written storybooks, chapter books, and graphic novels. He used to live in NYC, but currently resides in far-too-sunny California with his wife and loyal cat sidekick, Pepe.

Fans of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ages 7 to 10, and collectors of all ages.
Stranger Things, Season Five: The Junior Novelization
Stranger Things, Season Four: The Junior Novelization
We Are Lock, Shock, and Barrel (Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Stranger Things, Season Three: The Junior Novelization
Stranger Things, Season Two: The Junior Novelization
Disney Tron Little Golden Book
Disney Gargoyles Little Golden Book
Stranger Things, Season One: The Junior Novelization
I Am Oogie Boogie (Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
I Am Santa (Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Night Patrol (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Crime Wave (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Hawkins Horrors (Stranger Things)
I Am Jack Skellington (Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Totally Turtles! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Books

Stranger Things, Season Five: The Junior Novelization
Stranger Things, Season Four: The Junior Novelization
We Are Lock, Shock, and Barrel (Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Stranger Things, Season Three: The Junior Novelization
Stranger Things, Season Two: The Junior Novelization
Disney Tron Little Golden Book
Disney Gargoyles Little Golden Book
Stranger Things, Season One: The Junior Novelization
I Am Oogie Boogie (Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
I Am Santa (Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Night Patrol (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Crime Wave (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Hawkins Horrors (Stranger Things)
I Am Jack Skellington (Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Totally Turtles! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

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