Matthew Russell is a high school Japanese teacher in Canada. 

After studying Japanese at University he lived in Japan for 3 years to improve his proficiency.  After witnessing in his classes the effectiveness of teaching through his crazy, silly, and exciting stories, he decided to share this with others by creating his short stories books, as well as novels, a website, a YouTube channel, and the JTCC(Japanese TPRS/CI/CCLT) conference.