Diane Muldrow

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Diane Muldrow is an American author and former editorial director at Golden Books. Her work as an author includes a New York Times bestselling series written for adults that began with Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book . [1] [2]

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Biography

Muldrow graduated from Ohio University with Bachelor's in Fine Arts and Magazine Journalism. [3] Immediately following graduation, she worked as a dancer and actor in New York City. While working as a junior editor for Golden Books, she occasionally wrote licensed books for Disney and Barbie. [4] Her first original work, The Happy Book, an interactive novelty book with sensory elements, was published in 1999 by Scholastic. [5] In the same year, Muldrow returned to work at Golden Books as an editor, and planned on creating a series focused on teen girls with fellow editor Bonnie Bader. The series later materialized with Muldrow as the author and Bader as the editor as the Dish series [4]

In 2013, she published Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book, the first book in a series written for adults. [1] She has since published four other titles in the series: Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned from a Little Golden Book (2014), Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned from a Little Golden Book (2014), Everything I Need to Know About Disney I Learned from a Little Golden Book (2015), and Everything I Need to Know About Family I Learned from a Little Golden Book (2017). [6] [7]

Muldrow also edited Golden Legacy: The Story of Little Golden Books, [8] a history of the series by children's literature historian Leonard S. Marcus, which was first published in 2007 and then reissued in 2017. [6] For the 75th anniversary of the Little Golden Book series in 2017, Muldrow and Marcus participated in the Golden Legacy National Author Tour. [9] In 2019, she stepped down as editorial director at Golden Books. [10]

Selected works

Dish series [13]

Everything I Need to Know series

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References

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  2. ↑ "Diane Muldrow | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  3. ↑ ":: Diane Muldrow ::". www.dianemuldrow.com. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Diane Muldrow, daydreamer - Patricia Newman". October 1, 2009. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  5. ↑ Muldrow, Diane (1999). The Happy Book (illustrated ed.). Scholastic. ISBN   9780590109932.
  6. 1 2 Lodge, Sally (February 17, 2017). "Commemorating 75 Years Of Little Golden Books". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  7. ↑ Driscoll, Molly (December 3, 2014). "'Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book' series gets two more titles". Christian Science Monitor . Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Diane Muldrow and Leonard Marcus Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Little Golden Books!". www.rjjulia.com. January 17, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  9. ↑ Roberts, Lee B. (October 12, 2017). "Little Golden Books celebrated on 75th anniversary". The Journal Times . Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Children's Job Moves: January 2019". Publishers Weekly . February 5, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  11. ↑ Reviews of We Planted a Tree
  12. ↑ Reviews of Meowl-o-Ween
  13. ↑ Beram, Nell (January–February 2004). "Paperback Books for Young People: The Beaten Path". The Horn Book Magazine . 80 (1): 53–59. ProQuest   199334003
  14. ↑ Reviews of Stirring It Up
  15. ↑ Weisman, Kay (January 2005). "On the Back Burner". Book Links . 14 (3): 25. ProQuest   197202163
  16. ↑ Miguez, Betsy Bryan (July 2004). "Recipe for Trouble". Book Links . 13 (6): 6. ProQuest   197235486
  17. ↑ Reviews of Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book
  18. ↑ Reviews of Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned from a Little Golden Book
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