Rachel Renee Russell
Rachel Renee Russell is an American author of the humorous children’s book series, Dork Diaries.
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Life [edit]
a small city on the shore of Lake Michigan, and currently resides in northern Virginia. She is the oldest child and has two younger twin brothers and two younger sisters. She wrote her first book in 6th grade as a birthday present for her twin brothers.
In addition to writing children’s books, Russell is an attorney.
Work [edit]
Russell's Dork Diaries series dramatically chronicles the daily life of Nikki Maxwell as she struggles to both fit in and survive middle school. It is written in a diary format and includes doodles, drawings and comic strips.
According to the author’s website, the Dork Diaries books are based on Rachel Renee Russell’s experiences in middle school, as well as those of her two daughters, Erin and Nikki. Her older daughter, Erin, helps with writing and her younger daughter, Nikki, helps with illustrations and she does both at the same time like helping them while their helping their mom. She even used Nikki's name for one of the characters. Currently, there are over 10 million copies of the Dork Diaries books in print in the United States. Publishing rights have been sold in 36 countries with translation into 32 different languages.
Bibliography [edit]
- Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life was released on June 2, 2009. It has spent 42 weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers list.[2] and 7 weeks on the USA Today Best Sellers list.[3] The book was also awarded the 2010 Children’s Choice Book of the Year Award for the 5th/6th grade division.[4] On February 10, 2011, it was nominated as Book of the Year by the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards.[5]
- Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl was released on June 8, 2010. It has spent 42 weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers list.[6] and 12 weeks on the USA Today Best Sellers list.[7]
- Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star was released on June 7, 2011. It has spent 28 weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers list.[8] and 13 weeks on the USA Today Best Sellers list.[9]
- Dork Diaries: How To Dork Your Diary was released in October 2011
- Dork Diaires: Tales From a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess was released in June 2012.[10]
- Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All will be released in October 2012.[11]
- On June 4, 2013 Dork Diaries Tales From a Not-So Happy Heartbreaker the 6th Dork Diarie is coming out
- As of March 17, 2013, the Dork Diaries series has spent 71 weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers list in the Children’s Series category.[12]
References [edit]
- ^ "Dork Diaries: About"
- ^ "The New York Times Best Sellers: Children's Books" on nytimes.com"
- ^ "Best-Selling Books Database on USA Today"
- ^ "Children's Choice Book Awards Announced"
- ^ "Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards 2011 Nominees"
- ^ "The New York Times Best Sellers: Children's Books" on nytimes.com"
- ^ "Best-Selling Books Database on USA Today"
- ^ "The New York Times Best Sellers: Children's Books" on nytimes.com"
- ^ "Best-Selling Books Database on USA Today"
- ^ "Books: Dork Diaries 4". Publisher's website. Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ "Books: Dork Diaries 5". Publisher's website. Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ "Best Sellers August 12, 2012". Best seller list. The New York Times. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
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