Max Greenfield is a New York-born actor who is best known for his roles as Schmidt in New Girl and Dave Johnson in The Neighborhood. He is the author of I Dont Want to Read This Book, This Book is Not a Present, and I Dont Want to Read This Book Aloud. Follow him on Instagram @iammaxgreenfield. nJames Serafino is a childrens book author-illustrator who studied illustration and storytelling at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He currently lives in a daydream fantasy world inhabited by the many characters running around in his head, his family, and an entire small American town.n