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August 7, 2007 by Betsy Bird

Hot Men of Children’s Literature, Part 41 in a Series

August 7, 2007 by Betsy Bird   7 comments

Today’s fellow wins the Most Nominated Award of this series.  I get the usual requests from fans, publishers, editors, agents, partners, and wives to have their fellers featured as a Hot Man.  Some of these I accept and some of these I pass on according to my own peculiar whims and fancies.  Today’s HMOCL is notable if only because of the order in which I received some of his nomations.  They were, in this order…

1. From his fans

2. From his wife

3. From more of his fans

You’d think I’d have caved right there and then, but I’m picky about my choices.  If I feel I’m getting railroaded into including a fellow, I get stubborn.  "Who are they to tell me when someone is hot?  I will make that choice when and IF I choose to do so!  Harumph!"  But then this guy came in to speak to a couple groups of kids about his book series and… well, fine.  He’s a former stand-up comedian, the kids love him, and his books are fun.  So it is, with quite a lot of build-up, that I include the one… the only…

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MICHAEL BUCKLEY


You might ask, "Betsy?  Why did you just choose a picture of Mr. Buckley taken when he was submitting columns to The Idiot Magazine?  The dude has plenty o’ pics on his website, after all."

Good question.  I like this picture the best, though.  For one thing, I don’t get a chance to include many teeny tiny black and white photos of my fellers.  So there’s that.  Also, I think this one shows off the man’s personality better than that colorized contraption currently up on his site.

Michael Buckley is the creator of The Sisters Grimm series.  Two sisters become detectives in a town where fairy tale characters are real as real and, let’s face it, none too fond of the Grimm family.  I’ve only read the first book in the series, but when Mr. Buckley came to speak at the Donnell Library we were amazed to see that not a single copy of any of his books were available for his newly converted fans when they looked for them.  Each one had already been checked out.  He’s a popular guy, that Mr. Buckley, and a worthy addition to our series.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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  1. your neighborhood librarian says

    August 7, 2007 at 8:36 am

    Miss Elizabeth, I completely suspected that you were behind Michael Buckley finding my not-so-glowing review of Sisters Grimm on my blog, and now I’m sure of it!

    He was very funny about it and now I’m a convert!
    :p

  2. K. Nitz says

    August 7, 2007 at 10:04 am

    I have to recommend Canadian author, Arthur Slade. I think his name came to mind because of the earlier Canadian post and the black and white photograph. His website is easy to find. Go take a look!

  3. nyc reader chick says

    August 7, 2007 at 1:18 pm

    I’m obsessed with the man. and his books. But really about the man. Did you know he used to do stand up comedy? And loves Star Trek and Ultimate Fighting?
    His books are genius. And other writings, gut busting. Thank you Ms Elizabeth for outing him as a hottie.

  4. Alison Fargis says

    August 7, 2007 at 1:47 pm

    I’m so happy he passed muster with you, Betsy. And you used my favorite picture of him, taken in a KMart photo booth!

    Signed,
    The Wife

  5. Fuse #8 says

    August 7, 2007 at 4:50 pm

    Ha HA! Vindication! And when the wife approves then you know you’ve done something right.

    As it happens, I didn’t direct him to your review, but in the world of the Internet everything is visible. And since when am I Miss or Ms. Elizabeth? So awfully formal. Makes me sound as if I should be donning white gloves in the afternoon.

  6. lori! says

    August 7, 2007 at 7:35 pm

    Betsy, you should read the other books in the series when you have time (ha ha ha… but no really, you should). I wasn’t a huge fan of the first, but I’m certainly a fan of the latter ones.

  7. KELLY HEROLD says

    August 8, 2007 at 8:54 am

    Aargh…Your comments are asking me difficult questions…let me try again 🙂

    A worthy choice, Betsy. Not only is Michael a cute guy, BUT he’s kind and funny as well. He agreed to be interviewed by the Forest early on in the game.

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