Diane Muldrow

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.

Biography

Muldrow graduated from Ohio University with Bachelor's in Fine Arts and Magazine Journalism. 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. Her first original work, The Happy Book, an interactive novelty book with sensory elements, was published in 1999 by Scholastic. 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

Muldrow also edited Golden Legacy: The Story of Little Golden Books, a history of the series by children's literature historian Leonard S. Marcus, which was first published in 2007 and reissued in 2017.

In 2019, she stepped down as editorial director at Golden Books.

Selected works The Happy Book (1999), Scholastic We Planted a Tree (2010), Penguin Random House Where Do Giggles Come From (2011), Penguin Random House The Pink Book (2020), Penguin Random House The Pokey Little Puppy's Special Spring Day (2021), Penguin Random House The Fairies' Ball (2021), Penguin Random House Meowl-o-Ween (2023), Penguin Random House

Dish series Source:

Stirring It Up (Dish #1, 2002), Grosset & Dunlap Turning up the Heat (Dish #2, 2007), Penguin Random House Boiling Point (Dish #3, 2007), Penguin Random House Into the Mix (Dish #4, 2007), Penguin Random House Truth Without the Trimmings (Dish #5, 2007), Penguin Random House On the Back Burner (Dish #6, 2003), Grosset & Dunlap Recipe for Trouble (Dish #7, 2003), Grosset & Dunlap Lights! Camera! Cook! (Dish #8, 2007), Penguin Random House Sweet-and-Sour Summer (Dish #9, 2007), Penguin Random House A Measure of Thanks (Dish #10, 2007), Penguin Random House Winner Takes the Cake (Dish #11, 2007), Penguin Random House Deep Freeze (Dish #12, 2007), Penguin Random House

Everything I Need to Know series Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book (2014), Penguin Random House Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned from a Little Golden Book (2014), Penguin Random House Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned from a Little Golden Book (2014), Penguin Random House Everything I Need to Know about Disney I Learned from a Little Golden Book (2015), Penguin Random House Everything I Need to Know about Family I Learned from a Little Golden Book (2017), Penguin Random House