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[Billi Mayhue]

Theinspiration for creating Dork Diaries was my two daughters who were teased and called Dorks in middle school. They loved art, theater, manga, and anime, and they got good grades in school. One day they just decided being a dork was a positive thing and embraced the fact that they were unique, smart, creative, kind, and independent thinkers. The inspiration for my main character, Nikki Maxwell, was my younger daughter, Nikki, who as a child loved writing and drawing and filled the pages of dozens of spiral notebooks. She still loves journaling to this day!

I hope readers are learning that being a bit different and unique is a good thing. That things will get better if they just hang in there. That there is a special friend out there for each of them, they just need to find that person. And that having a sense of humor makes life a lot more fun.

On June 2, 2009, author Rachel Renee Russell released her debut middle grade book Dork Diaries. Never fear, being a dork is cool these days and Nikki Maxwell, the dorky protagonist, embraces her dork status.

What inspired you to create Dork Diaries?

RRR: I wanted to write and illustrate a really funny book for Tween girls. And, I wanted it to have a unique voice, be slightly quirky and contain a lot of pop culture. I mainly wanted to make people laugh.

"I'd say probably about 80 percent of what we put in the book series is true or based on a true story or incident that actually happened to [my two daughters, Erin and Nikki]. ... When they were in middle school they were smart, they did their homework on time, they enjoyed having a nice relationship with the teachers and they answered questions and they were considered by a lot of people to be dorks. And they were teased and not invited to parties and kids made fun of their clothes and the way they talked, and it was just horrible, horrible, horrible.

"One morning Erin just had had enough ... and she's like 'You know what? I'm proud to be a dork and being a dork is cool, and I'm unique and I'm different and I'm creative.' So I took that whole concept and basically just channeled it into Dork Diaries."

"They'll tell us if a word or slang is still in or not. ... Something that's in now is 'ratchet' and ratchet means bad or tacky or whatever. ... Chillax was one of the words, and that means chill and relax and you kind of mash them together and you get chillax."

"My reaction is that when I sat down and decided what type of books I wanted to write and what type of author I wanted to be, I wanted to be an author that children loved to read, I wanted to be funny, I wanted to be relevant, so I am not the least bit offended by that. Again, I love what I do and if it's cotton candy or fluff I don't have a problem with that at all and that is part of my goal. I just want kids to read."

"Nikki Maxwell just came to me as a Caucasian little girl and when I sat down and made that decision I thought, 'Well, I don't know, what's society going to think? I'm a black woman and can I do this?' My inspiration was Shonda Rhimes ... a TV producer and director and she's done Scandal and Grey's Anatomy and she struggled with the very same thing. So I thought, 'Well, I'm in good company.' And she does have African-American characters, and I do too, but she kind of had to go through the same mental gymnastics.

Next month we'll be reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Born with a facial deformity that initially prevented his attendance at public school, August "Auggie" Pullman enters the fifth grade at Beecher Prep and struggles with the dynamics of being both new and different. Please send us your questions for the author. You can also tweet your questions to @nprbackseat.

"As a black woman, do I want to kind of reach outside of my comfort zone and write a character of a different race and a different age? And she made the decision to do that with both of her television shows, which are wildly successful, and I thought, 'Well, if Shonda can do it, then I'm going to try to do this, too.' "

"I was going through a divorce, I had been married 25 years and my life was unraveling. My kids were grown up and in college and the bottom had basically fallen out of my life. And I look at Nikki Maxwell kind of as something that kept me going and a friend that, you know, I would talk to and write about and kept me from like having a nervous breakdown or whatever. So yes, I think my divorce was finalized in April and Dork Diaries was released like six weeks later, and it hit The New York Times best-sellers list. So I would say definitely Dork Diaries was a wonderful distraction and a whole new life and a new career for me."

Meet Nikki Maxwell! She's starting eighth grade at a new school--and her very first diary packed with hilarious stories and art in Book One of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!Nikki confesses all in her first diary ever: her epic battle with her mom for an iPhone, meeting her new soon-to-be BFFs Chloe and Zoey, falling for adorably sweet crush Brandon, dealing with her zany little sister Brianna's antics--and the immediate clashes with mean girl Mackenzie, who becomes Nikki's rival in a schoolwide art competition. More than 13 million books in print worldwide!

Dork Diaries follows eighth grader Nikki Maxwell as she chronicles through text and sketches her move to a snooty new school; her epic battle with her mom for an iPhone; her enthusiasm for drawing and art; and a love/hate fascination with the new school's queen bee, a girl named Mackenzie, who becomes Nikki's rival in a schoolwide art competition. Nikki writes about friendships, crushes, popularity, and family with a unique and fresh voice that still conveys a universal authenticity. Nikki's sketches throughout her diary add humor and spunk to the book, a surefire hit with tween girl readers.

Rachel Renee Russell serves up more laughs and adorable illustrations in the next installment of the bestselling DORK DIARIES series.Nikki Maxwell has been doing everything she can to keep everyone at school from learning the truth--that she's there on scholarship in exchange for her Dad working as the school's exterminator. The last thing Nikki needs is having her friends and--worst case scenario--her crush, Brandon, associating her with the humongous roach on top of her Dad's van! Now it looks like her secret could be about to come out, and Nikki's willing to go to any zany and wacky length to prevent that from happening. The timing seems perfect when a major talent competition is announced with a school scholarship offered as the top prize. Nikki loves to sing and dance and now she gets to have tons of fun with her friends while competing for a chance to free her Dad from his obligation! (And free herself from all that potential damage to her reputation . . .) Once again, hijinks and misunderstandings aplenty ensue, as well as more hilarious and heartwarming moments with Nikki and her friends.

Create your own Dork Diary! A special, interactive addition to the New York Times bestselling series.Nikki Maxwell is living her worst nightmare--her diary is missing! As she retraces her steps to find the lost book, Nikki offers a list of important tips and advice on how to keep a diary. Follow Nikki's efforts to recover the missing diary--and deal with the usual funny, wacky antics of her best friends Chloe and Zoey, crush Brandon, and mean girl Mackenzie. It's crisis management...Dork Diaries style.

Nikki Maxwell authors an advice column for the school newspaper in this fifth book of the New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series.Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely does) have to do with the fact that mean girl Mackenzie has started writing a gossip column. And there just might be some juicy info involving Nikki's crush, Brandon, that Nikki doesn't want Mackenzie reporting to the world. So Nikki joins the school newspaper staff--and ends up as an advice columnist! It's fun at first, answering other kids' letters. But when Miss Know-It-All's inbox is suddenly overflowing with pleas for guidance, Nikki feels in need of some help herself. Fortunately she has BFFs Chloe and Zoey on her side--and at her keyboard!

Love--and crushes--are in the air for Nikki Maxwell in this sixth book of the New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series.It's the biggest dance of the year and Nikki Maxwell is hoping her crush, Brandon, wants to be her date. But time is running out. What if he doesn't want to go with her? Or worse--what if he ends up going with Mackenzie?!! In the sixth book in the blockbuster Dork Diaries series--now with more than 8 million copies in print--join Nikki, Chloe and Zoey as they tackle the topic of love, Dork Diaries style!

Everyone's been rooting for Nikki Maxwell and her crush, Brandon--and fans will finally learn if they had their first kiss in this seventh book of the New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!Nikki's juggling a lot this month. A reality TV crew is following Nikki and her friends as they record their hit song together, plus there are voice lessons, dance practice, and little sister Brianna's latest wacky hijinks. Nikki's sure she can handle everything, but will all the excitement cause new problems for Nikki and Brandon, now that cameras are everywhere Nikki goes? The Dork Diaries series has more than 13 million copies in print worldwide!

Nikki Maxwell's worst nightmare comes true in book nine of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!A certain member of the CCP girls Dork fans know all about has gotten her hands on Nikki's diary and has decided to share some thoughts of her own...Find out what happens when Nikki's worst nightmare becomes a reality. Welcome to Mackenzie's world!!

It's a frenemy showdown in the eleventh installment in the blockbuster #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!Nikki Maxwell has the worst luck. Of all the schools she could have been assigned to for the student exchange week program, she's stuck at North Hampton Hills, her arch nemesis MacKenzie Hollister's new school. Even worse, there might just be someone at NHH who can out-MacKenzie MacKenzie! At least Nikki can write about every moment of drama in her diary, so readers won't miss a moment of it. Can the queen of dorks survive a week at the head CCP's new school or will it be a dorky disaster?

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