Michael William Buckley (born August 16, 1969) is a bestselling children's author whose works include '' The Sisters Grimm'' the '' N.E.R.D.S.'' book series, and Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox.

Early life

Born in

Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city prop ...

, Michael Buckley attended

Ohio University Ohio University is a public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subseq ...

, where he graduated with honors. Shortly after graduating from Ohio University in 1986, Buckley moved to New York City.

Career

Sometime after college Buckley moved to New York City to start an internship with the '' Late Show with David Letterman'', then moved into a television production job where he worked on documentaries. His books are published by Harry N. Abrams. Buckley worked as a stand-up comic as well as a TV copywriter before he started to write ''The Sisters Grimm'' series. Buckley had originally planned for ''The Sisters Grimm'' to be a television series until his wife suggested turning it into a book. In 2010, Buckley and his writing partner, Joe Deasy, created an animated series for Cartoon Network called '' Robotomy''. Buckley and Deasy executive produced as well as wrote the first season that starred

Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...

and

Dana Snyder Dana Snyder is an American actor. He is known for his voice roles of Master Shake in '' Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', Granny Cuyler in '' Squidbillies'', Baby Ball on '' Ballmastrz: 9009'', and other roles in various Adult Swim television shows. Hi ...

( Master Shake from ''

Aqua Teen Hunger Force ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' (also known by various alternative titles), sometimes abbreviated as ''ATHF'' or ''Aqua Teen'', is an American adult animated television series created by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro for Cartoon Network's late ni ...

''). The series aired in CN's prime time block. He is currently writing the screenplay for a '' N.E.R.D.S.'' animated feature developed by Elton John's

Rocket Pictures Rocket Pictures is a British film company founded in 1996 by Elton John to produce family and music-themed film and TV projects. The company was established in 1996 with a ten-year first-look deal with The Walt Disney Company, a three-year deal w ...

. He also recently finished his new series, Undertow. Michael Buckley has a son, Finn.

Bibliography

''The Sisters Grimm''

# '' The Fairy-Tale Detectives'' (2005) # '' The Unusual Suspects'' (2005) # '' The Problem Child'' (2006) # '' Once Upon a Crime'' (2007) # ''Magic and Other Misdemeanors'' (2007) # ''Tales from the Hood'' (2008) # ''

The Everafter War ''The Everafter War'' is the seventh book of '' The Sisters Grimm'' series, written by Michael Buckley. It was published in 2009 and then several other books were published. Plot summary Goldilocks kisses Henry Grimm, Sabrina and Daphne's fath ...

'' (2009) # ''The Inside Story'' (2010) # ''The Council of Mirrors'' (2012) #* ''The Sisters Grimm: A Very Grimm Guide'' (2012)

''N.E.R.D.S.''

# ''N.E.R.D.S.: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society'' (2009) # ''N.E.R.D.S.: M is for Mama's Boy'' (2010) # ''N.E.R.D.S.: The Cheerleaders of Doom'' (2011) # ''N.E.R.D.S.: The Villain Virus'' (2012) # ''N.E.R.D.S.: Attack of the Bullies'' (2013)

''Undertow''

# ''Undertow'' (2015) # ''Raging Sea'' (2016) # ''Heart of the Storm'' (2017)

Other

* ''Kel Gilligan's Daredevil Stunt Show'' (2012) * ''Robotomy''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckley, Michael 1969 births Living people American children's writers Screenwriters from Ohio Writers from Akron, Ohio Ohio University alumni University of Akron alumni