Scroll down to learn more about all the people in my family!
Ronald Apton Mack. My initials are RAM. Gumpy, my grandfather—he teaches college kids about computers—says RAM (Random Access Memory) is where computers store information. Maybe that explains why I mostly don’t forget things. Go back to the tree!
June Mack. My sister has no middle name. When I told her it was because she was funny-looking when she was born, she punched me. Go back to the tree!
Edith Elizabeth Apton Mack. Gumpy once told me that if my mother had been a boy, her name would’ve been Edward, Jr. When I learned that, I called her Edward-Junior-Mom. She gave me her version of a squinty-evil-eye, which meant QUIT IT! Go back to the tree!
Caldwell Jacob Mack. Everyone calls him Cal, but when he was a kid, his nickname was Dweller (from Caldwell…get it?). Go back to the tree!
Brenda Brianne Apton Wada. Lives in New York. She works for the company that publishes my books. She is a vice president of computers or internet or something, and without her help I never could have built this website. She is an excellent present giver on birthdays. Married to Uncle Frank. He’s an Army colonel and a very cool guy who is almost always in another country. They have no kids. But they have a cat with one gold eye and one green eye. Go back to the tree!
Deborah Dee Apton Wilker. She and my mom are sisters and best friends—always IMing, videoing, and emailing—but Aunt DeeDee lives in Australia with my twin cousins, Bradley and Amanda, who are almost exactly my age. I talk to them on video calls, but really, I barely know them. Go back to the tree!
Melvyn Mack. Born in Germany. He never talks about his childhood, but I know he was an orphan. No one calls him Melvyn or Mel…only Bud. Go back to the tree!
Veronica Glass Mack. She was my grandmother, but I never knew her. She died in a bus accident when my dad was nine. She was an excellent speller who won first prize in the Indiana State Spelling Bee when she was 12—I’ve seen the trophy. Everyone, Granpa says, called her Ronnie. Because the Ronald part of me was named after her, and I am also an excellent speller, sometimes I think that if I would ever go to Indiana, I might die in a bus crash. Go back to the tree!
Edward Everett Apton. Really smart college professor. Huge baseball fan. Loves the Yankees! (I don’t! I’m a Red Sox fan.) My mom calls him Pop. Go back to the tree!
Mary Margaret Mahoney Apton. Hugs a lot. Speaks Spanish because she lived in Argentina when she was young. Because both she and Gumpy have the same first and second initials (EE and MM), she decided to name all her children like that. Go back to the tree!
🧀, how do you put in the grandparent nicknames?
so yo are real?
I am definitely a realistic fictional character!
But it says, “by steeve cotler
i really like your books thanks for righting them
Thanks, Anna.
Cheesie are going to write more books after book 5?
Sorry for the delay in responding. (End of summer goof-off).
Dunno is my answer.
Cool btw check out my utoob channel
I watched all three of your videos. Really fun! You are a very excellent narrator.
you are the best
Thanks, Andrew.
me: mom i want a delorean for christmas
mom: sorry you cant
me: but i wanna time travel
Cheesie you said your grandmother
loved to spell,and you do to?Well I LOVE to read and spell.I just started to read your books and your my #1 favrite(now,Dork Diaries used to be my favrite).Oh,and before I leave red and blue are not bad colers!
CHEESIE!you said your grandmother liked to spell and you do to.that is so awesome!
BecauseI myself LOVE to read and spell.(IM only in 3 grade and I read 6-high school!
Thenks four yer commment. Az yu kan cee, uh yam uh verry gud spelller.
/Hi cheesie.What’s up
The sky.
im only on your fitst book (im almost finished) but i love it!!!!!!!♡♤●□¤⊙ its soo funny i will read them all!!!!!!! P.S i was born in italy (neat huh)
I have never been to Italy, but my Granpa has.
good for your grandpa then
🙂 hi cheesie 🙂
You should call Goon ‘drunk bull’. If you wrote this book, then why does it say ‘by Steven Colter’?
P.S. Please reply.
P.P.S.thanks!
Dood you should put mac n cheese in goons pants
That’s very funny, but remember, she’s bigger than I am! I have to be clever to win.
can you please make more
cheesie i love your books thier just plain awesome
Thanks, Dania! I have written 5. How many have you read?
I finnely read all of them I am a really fast reader and love to read but my favorit is book# 3
Excellent!
CHEESIE hi
IMO I love Mac & Cheez cuz it’s the best food in the world!
i read all the books so can you make more please
All? Even #4 which just came out?
yo sup
Yo nuttin sup.
Do you actually like cheese irl? because I love cheese. My favorite food 😀
I like lots of different kinds of cheese. I think my favorite if feta. That’s a Greek cheese.
cool family tree. 🙂
Thanks, Rachel.
Hi Cheesie Mac I’m interrested in buying one of your books on your website. The one I want, I read (on your website)the beginning of it.your author came on December 16th now he’s one of my fav author.😄😃😀😊☺️📚📖📔
I hope you get one of the books!
Mine are Oopy Doo Grandma and Papa John, and just GRandma and Grandpa for my other ones.
Cheesie, I’m a huge fan of yours.You went to my school in Frankfort, right? I’m in Chelsea Intermiadiate School. I am a 3rd grader. What was it like when you were in 3rd grade, Cheesie? P.S. I’m a huge fan of Mac ‘n’ Cheese.
My third grade teacher was Mrs. Stotts. And she was very nice, but also very strict.
is your third grade teacher mrs. stotts and the principal at rls married?
yes and yes.
My great-grandmas name is nonny . She died two years ago.
Steve cotler visited elm school
Elm ROCKS!
I really want to make a treehouse.
They are so cool. You should do it. (But you need a good tree.)
i call my grandparents PawPaw and GiGI
Hey cheesie i love your book its so awesome.even though i dont have autographed books, its still cool.
hey cheesie I just finished with you’r secent book so now I have to start the first. me and my brother bolth have atograghed books!
Go, Cassie!
hey cheesie a lot of my family lives far away too even my mom so how do u deal with it
I guess you’re talking about my relatives in Australia. I take to them on internet video. So it’s no so bad.
Hey Cheesie! Both of my grandpas are dead sadly, but my three granmas are overseas,two in Jordan, and one in Kawat!
I have never been to the Middle East. I think I would like to go someday.
i am omly on the second chapter of your first book but i am verry interasting!!! i am a very picky reader but this book really fits me and i bring it home every night!!! i casnt wait to read you next book!!!
Thanks, Laney! I am writing part of book #4 right now…and I saw your comment and it gave me a good excuse to quit for a few minutes (writing is hard work!) and respond. (And get a tangerine for a snack.)
Hey,Cheesie, I’m actually on my first book, but i have already read the third!
You read them out of order? Weird.
email me thanks steve
my granny is a great person and is fun to gang around with and I never get embarised by her in publick and I love her so!
I feel the same way about Meemo. She is so smart and makes great cookies.
Hi Cheesie….You have a really cool family,but it is sad that your family lives so far away. Do you ever visit them i australia if u have tell me about it because that would be cool
I have never been to Australia, but my mom says we will go there someday.
I’m kinda like you cheesie one of my grandparents died before i was born. but it was my grandpa.
my dad’s mom’s name is “gran b.”, what we named her (i am not sure how she got that name, but i know it was from me somehow) and my dad’s dad’s nickname is “papa john”(not sure how that one came along either) what cool names!
I’m Isaac the third.
Hi Cheesie, did you know the real author of Cheesie Mack (Steve Cotler) came to West Creek Academy, my school. he came to my classroom , room 202! Anyway I will tell you 5 members of my family , dad Jaebin Yoon , mom Hyosim Chung , my little bro. Daniel Yoon , my little baby brother Joshau or Timothy , and my big bro. Paul Yoon who died!
I like your family names. There is a boy in my next book who is Korean-American. His last name is Rhee.
My daughter thinks the books are GREAT!
Hi Cheesie. I think Gumpy and Meemo are awesome grandparent names. You’re lucky! Here are the nicknames of my grandparents: “Mimi” was my mom’s mom, Ada Jane; “Dah” was my mom’s dad, Jeremiah. I don’t know how they got those names (I should ask my mom), but I bet “Dah” came about because it’s what a lot of Irish people call their dad. (Dah was 100% Irish.) My dad’s mom, Agnes, was “Nana,” which is one of my favorite grandmother nicknames even though it’s quite common. I’m not sure how she got that name either, but I hope it’s because when her first grandkid (my brother Matt) tried to say “grandma,” that’s what it sounded like. And my dad’s dad was “Grandpa.” (Yawn.)