Rosalind Wiseman | |
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| Born | 1969 [1] |
| Occupation | Author |
| Period | 1991–present |
| Notable works | Queen Bees and Wannabes series |
| Spouse | James Edwards (m. 1996) |
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Rosalind Wiseman is an American author and public speaker. She is best known for her 2002 self-help book Queen Bees and Wannabes , which was the basis for the 2004 film Mean Girls and the resulting franchise. [2]
Wiseman grew up in Washington, D.C., with her two younger siblings and parents Kathy, a management consultant, and Steve Wiseman, a real estate developer. [3] After attending Maret School in Washington, DC she attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, where she began studying martial arts with fellow student James Edwards, whom she married in 1996. By the time she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1991, Wiseman had earned a second degree blackbelt in Tang Soo Do karate. [4]
Wiseman and Edwards moved back to Washington, D.C., after graduating, where she began to teach martial arts to young women. After hearing the young girls' questions about social issues they faced, and watching them become empowered by martial arts, Wiseman was inspired to begin working in youth empowerment and leadership-building. [4]
After spending over a decade speaking with girls about the social issues they face, including boys, cliques, gossip, social hierarchy, and self-image, Wiseman wrote Queen Bees & Wannabes . The book gives suggestions on how parents can better understand and help their daughters navigate the social atmosphere of what Wiseman refers to as "Girl World." Since its release in 2002, it has become a New York Times Best Seller [5] and was the basis for the 2004 film Mean Girls . [2]
In 2015, Wiseman co-founded Cultures of Dignity, an organization that provides consulting services related to education and well-being. She is also the creator of the Owning Up Curriculum. [6]
Wiseman is Jewish, [7] with ancestors from Poland and Germany. [8] [9] She lives in Colorado with her husband and two sons.
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Mean Girls is a musical with a book by Tina Fey, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and music by Jeff Richmond. It is based on the 2004 Mark Waters film of the same name, which was also written by Fey and was in-turn inspired by Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 book Queen Bees and Wannabes. The musical focuses on Cady Heron, a teenage girl who transfers to a public high school after being homeschooled her whole life in Africa. At school, she befriends outsiders Janis Sarkasian and Damian Hubbard who persuade her to infiltrate the "Plastics", a clique consisting of wealthy but insecure Gretchen Wieners, sweet but dimwitted Karen Smith, and "queen bee" Regina George.
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