Michael William Buckley[1] (born August 16, 1969) is an American children's author whose works include The Sisters Grimm, the N.E.R.D.S.

Buckley worked as a stand-up comic as well as a TV copywriter before he started to write The Sisters Grimm series.

[3] Buckley had originally planned for The Sisters Grimm to be a television series until his wife suggested turning it into a book.

[5] In 2010, Buckley and his writing partner, Joe Deasy, created an animated series for Cartoon Network called Robotomy, which lasted one season.

Buckley and Deasy executive produced as well as wrote the first season that starred Patton Oswalt and Dana Snyder (Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force).