Michael Buckley

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Michael Buckley was born in 1969 in Akron, Ohio. At Ohio University he wrote for the school newspaper, hosted a live television talk show and formed a comedy troupe, and he graduated with honors. In 1996 he moved to New York City, where he interned at the Late Show with David Letterman and then worked in television production for MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon. Before becoming a children's author he also worked as a stand-up comic, a punk rock band singer and an advertising copywriter. While working in television he wrote The Fairy-Tale Detectives (2005), the first of his children's book series. He has published more than 17 books, including The Sisters Grimm and the N.E.R.D.S. series, and has written and developed shows for Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Discovery Channel. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Books

• The Fairy-Tale Detectives (2005) · The Sisters Grimm Core Canon
• The Unusual Suspects (2005) · The Sisters Grimm Core Canon
• The Problem Child (2006) · The Sisters Grimm Core Canon
• Magic and Other Misdemeanors (2007) · The Sisters Grimm Core Canon
• Once Upon a Crime (2007) · The Sisters Grimm Core Canon
• Tales from the Hood (2008) · The Sisters Grimm Core Canon
• The Everafter War (2009) · The Sisters Grimm Core Canon
• The Inside Story (2010) · The Sisters Grimm Core Canon
• The Council of Mirrors (2012) · The Sisters Grimm Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 9 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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