Michael Buckley is a best selling children’s book author who is currently writing The Sisters Grimm

The Sisters Grimm (book series)

The Sisters Grimm is a children's fantasy series written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Peter Ferguson.- Overview :Sabrina and Daphne Grimm go through a series of foster homes after their parents disappear. They become maids, servants, and other things that children shouldn't be, mostly...

and the N.E.R.D.S.

N.E.R.D.S.

N.E.R.D.S is a children's espionage-thriller series written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Ethen Beavers. The first novel is called N.E.R.D.S.: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society and it is from Jackson Jones/Braceface's point of view. The second novel is called N.E.R.D.S.: M is...

book series. Born in Akron, Ohio

Akron, Ohio

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, the author attended Ohio University

Ohio University

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 where he graduated with honors. Sometime after college he moved to New York City

New York City

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 to start an internship with the Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

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, then moved into a television production job where he worked on documentaries

Documentary film

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His books are published by Harry N. Abrams.

Recently, Buckley and his writing partner, Joe Deasy, have created a new animated series for Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

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 called Robotomy

Robotomy

Robotomy is a Cartoon Network American animated television series created by Michael Buckley and Joe Deasy, directed by Christy Karacas , voice directed by Michael Sinterniklaas, and produced by World Leaders Entertainment. The series was developed after a long series of unaccepted ideas, and...

. Buckley and Deasy are executive producing as well as writing the first season that stars Patton Oswalt

Patton Oswalt

Patton Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and voice actor. He is best known for portraying Spencer Olchin in the popular sitcom The King of Queens, voicing Remy from the film Ratatouille and Thrasher from the Cartoon Network original series Robotomy.-Early life:Oswalt was born...

 and Dana Snyder

Dana Snyder

Dana Snyder is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian, best known for playing Master Shake on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force show, and the film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, both part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim franchise.- Early life :Dana Snyder was born in...

 (Master Shake

Master Shake

Master Shake is a fictional character on the Adult Swim animated television series, Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, which was originally titled Aqua Teen Hunger Force since its premiere in 2000 until 2011...

 from Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force , retitled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 in 2011, is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network late night programing block, Adult Swim, as well as Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block and later G4 Canada's ADd block in Canada...

). The series is slated to air in CN's prime time block.""

The Sisters Grimm

The Sisters Grimm (book series)

The Sisters Grimm is a children's fantasy series written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Peter Ferguson.- Overview :Sabrina and Daphne Grimm go through a series of foster homes after their parents disappear. They become maids, servants, and other things that children shouldn't be, mostly...

1. The Fairy-Tale Detectives (2005)
2. The Unusual Suspects (2005)
3. The Problem Child (2006)
4. Once Upon a Crime (2007)
5. Magic and Other Misdemeanors (2007)
6. Tales from the Hood (2008)
7. The Everafter War (2009)
8. The Inside Story (2010)

N.E.R.D.S.

N.E.R.D.S.

N.E.R.D.S is a children's espionage-thriller series written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Ethen Beavers. The first novel is called N.E.R.D.S.: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society and it is from Jackson Jones/Braceface's point of view. The second novel is called N.E.R.D.S.: M is...

1. NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (2009)
2. M is for Mama's Boy (2010)
3. The Cheerleaders of Doom (2011)

External links

• The Sisters Grimm website
• N.E.R.D.S website