Jorge Aguirre (author)

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Jorge Aguirre
OccupationAuthor, television show writer and producer
NationalityAmerican
SpouseCarla Gutierrez (2006–present)

Jorge Aguirre is an American author and children's television show writer and producer. Aguirre has written shows for PBS, Nick Jr, Netflix, Amazon, and Disney Jr. He is the writer of the graphic novel series The Chronicles of Claudette for Macmillan/First Second Books. The series includes Giants Beware, [1] Dragons Beware, [2] and Monsters Beware. [3] He is also the co-creator of Disney Junior's Goldie & Bear [4] [5] with Rick Gitelson. He has also written for Martha Speaks , Dora the Explorer , Dora and Friends , Handy Manny and other shows. As of 2023, Aguirre is working on a new graphic novel series for middle school aged children with Andrés Vera Martínez called Monster Locker. [6]

Contents

Aguirre's work has been reviewed by major publications, including Booklist , [7] [8] [9] Kirkus Reviews , [10] [11] The New York Times , [12] Publishers Weekly , [13] and Wired. [14]

Biography

Aguirre was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio to Colombian parents.[ citation needed ]

On August 12, 2006, Aguirre married Carla Gutierrez. [15]

He lives in Montclair, New Jersey.[ citation needed ]

Awards and honors

In 2012, Giants Beware! received an honorable mention in Publishers Weekly's Critics Poll for best graphic novels of the year. [16]

Awards for Aguirre's writing
YearTitle(s)AwardResultRef.
2013Giants Beware! Mythopoeic Award for Children's LiteratureFinalist [17]
2015Dragons Beware! Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic NovelFinalist [18]
2019Giants Beware!; Dragons Beware!; Monsters Beware! Mythopoeic Award for Children's LiteratureFinalist [17]

Bibliography

Standalone books

Adapted books

Chronicles of Claudette series

The Chronicles of Claudette books are illustrated by Rafael Rosado and published by First Second Books.

  1. Giants Beware! (2012, ISBN   9781596435827)
  2. Dragons Beware! (2015, ISBN   9781596438781)
  3. Monsters Beware! (2018, ISBN   9781626721807)

Filmography

Aguirre's filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Pacho's RevengeDirector
2000A More Perfect UnionProducer
2003-2004 History Detectives
  • Associate producer
  • Director
  • Producer
  • 3 episodes (director)
  • 10 episodes (producer)
2005Circumsized Cinema
  • Producer
  • Writer
5 episodes
2005-2010 Go, Diego, Go!
  • Staff Writer
  • Writer
9 episodes
2008MoeLine producer
2008-2019 Dora the Explorer
  • Staff Writer
  • Writer
16 episodes
2010-2011 Handy Manny Writer5 episodes
2011-2012 Martha Speaks Writer2 episodes
2012 Imagination Movers Writer1 episodes
2014-2015 Dora and Friends
  • Staff Writer
  • Writer
14 episodes
2015-2017 Goldie & Bear
  • Creator
  • Producer
  • Writer
  • 17 episodes (creator and writer)
  • 16 episodes (producer)
2017-2018 Nina's World Writer8 episodes
2019 Corn & Peg Writer1 episode
2020 Hero Elementary Writer3 episodes
2020-2021 Santiago of the Seas Writer2 episodes
2020-2021 Blue's Clues & You!
  • Story editor
  • Writer
19 episodes
2021-2023 Alma's Way
  • Head writer
  • Screenplay writer
34 episodes

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