Michael Buckley's Blog

[image error] A few months back I announced a contest but never announced who won! I'm a monkey.

Librarian Jana Warnell at Russell Elementary in NW Montana was the first librarian to send me an e-mail with the subject "My School Is Full of Nerds!" Jana works hard to provide her Title 1 school students the best library experience she can. I'm thrilled to have sent her two signed copies of NERDS. Perhaps we'll run this contest again for Grimm 8 and maybe open it up to some kids. What do you think?

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[image error] Here's what mediabistro.com's galleycat said about NERDS and yours truly.

Today's Author Pick of the Day is Michael Buckley, author of the hilarious new series of books called, N.E.R.D.S. (Abrams) I had been waiting for this book to come out for months and harrassed the publicist night and day to receive a review copy of it.
Buckley is already the author of the New York Times bestselling series and Today Show Al Roker Book Club pick, The Sisters Grimm. He has also written and developed shows fo...

[image error] Check out this very funny video I made to promote NERDS as part of the scholastic book fair. I'm told it's selling like hot cakes. Naturally, it's because I come off as very cook and mature in this video ;)

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[image error] The last few months have been outrageously busy. I've wrapped up Book 8 of the sisters grimm, written the first draft of NERDS 2, worked tirelessly on the first 12 episodes of Horrorbots (which might be called Robotomy), and i've been plotting out my new graphic novel hellfire commandos. I also had a second or two to write a picture book. I'm a very busy boy but i'm going to try to keep this site updated.

What else has been going on....hmmm. Well, NERDS was a featured scholastic book fa...

My friends at Amulet books put together and amazing codename generator for NERDS fans. It's fun, silly, and very secret agenty. Check it out at or click

[image error] Heard some terrible news today - the frugal frigate in redlands, ca has shut it doors. Not sure if this is a temporary move or something more permanent but it is a tremendous loss to the writing community and the people of southern california. My experiences with its owners were always amazing - Brad Hundman and family were nothing short of charming and full of passion. As I recall, Brad purchased the business from a woman who ran it for many years - her redecorated and put his "can do" sp...

[image error] THIS WEEK I SAT DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH A VIDEO CREW HIRED BY THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIRS. "SO WHAT?" YOU MIGHT SAY. WELL, THAT''S KIND OF RUDE BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE DEAL. THEY MAKE TWO VIDEOS A YEAR AND EACH FEATURES 4 BOOKS. THESE VIDEOS GO TO EVERY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY AND REACH NEARLY 55 MILLION KIDS. YEAH, I SAID 55 MILLION! WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT BUSTER. THAT'S HUGE! THAT'S BIGGER THAN HUGE! ANYWAY, HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE CREW AND AS SOON AS I GET A COPY I'LL POST I...

[image error] WHAT CAN I TELL YOU ABOUT HORRORBOTS ONLY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ONE VERY COOL AND CRAZY SHOW. PRODUCTION BEGAN THIS WEEK AND IT HAS BEEN ONE MEETING AFTER ANOTHER. CARTOON NETWORK SEEMS VERY JAZZED, WE GOT OUR OFFICES SET UP AT WORLD LEADERS (WHO DO THE AMAZING VENTURE BROS. CARTOON FOR ADULT SWIM) AND WE EVEN HAVE E-MAIL ACCOUNTS! WOW! EVERYONE IS TOTALLY KICK ASS AT WORLD LEADERS - I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THE BELLY OF AN ANIMATION STUDIO BEFORE AND IT IS INCREDIBLE. THERE MUST BE THREE DOZE...

[image error] THIS WEEK, REDBOOK MAGAZINE CALLED MY SISTERS GRIMM SERIES ONE OF THE "NEW CLASSIC." THE PIECE WAS PART OF AN INTERVIEW WITH BOOKS OF WONDER'S PETER GLASSMAN! THANKS PETER FOR THINKING OF MY GIRLS AND THANKS ALWAYS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO BOOKS OF WONDER YOU REALLY ARE MISSING OUT. IT'S TRULY A GREAT CHILDREN'S BOOK STORE AND THEY HAVE A CUPCAKE CAFE IN THE STORE SO REALLY, WHAT ELSE COULD YOU WANT.
SHOUT OUT TO MY PAL JEFF KINNEY, WHOSE "WHIMPY KID" SERIES WAS ALSO O...

[image error] Amulet Series Delivers Good News to Nerds
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By Sally Lodge -- Publishers Weekly, 9/17/2009 1:40:00 PM

Five geeky fifth graders transform issues—among them asthma, hyperactivity and allergies—into spy superpowers in a new middle-grade adventure series by Michael Buckley, author of the Sisters Grimm series. Out this month from Amulet with a 100,000-copy first printing is the inaugural book, NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue,...