Rachel Renée Russell

Rachel Renée Russell is an American author of the Dork Diaries series, which follows Nikki Maxwell through the struggles of middle school in a diary filled with doodles, drawings, and comic strips. The series draws on Russell's own middle school years, and it has sold over 55 million copies worldwide. She also wrote The Misadventures of Max Crumbly, a spin-off that follows Max Crumbly, a character first introduced in Dork Diaries: Tales From A Not-So Perfect Pet Sitter, as he keeps his own diary about middle school.