Denene millner biography for kids
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You are a successful blogger (MyBrownBaby.com) and a New York Times best selling author of books for adults. Tell us about your writing career and how you came to write for children.
I started my career as a political journalist with the Associated Press and, later, the New York Daily News, but eventually transitioned into being a magazine editor, which led me to Parenting magazine. I took that job because I was a mom of two young girls and incredibly interested in childhood development because I was watching it up close and wanted to be a good mom in every way—thoughtful about the way I parented my children.
At the same time, I’d become obsessed with children’s picture books featuring African American characters—books that were a little too hard to find when I was trying to fill my daughters’ library. I’ve always loved children’s books—the illustrations, the color, the whimsy, the beauty of the stories. But when it came to
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I’m Denene Millner.
A Yankee from New York with southern belle in my soul. I’m Badu “clever” and 11-cheese mac and cheese (from scratch) and the best French pear martini you ever had. inom adore my babies and my funky/fly/fresh family. I’m addicted to Black romance movies and of course, good books. And inom super heart Romare Bearden and August Wilson, gummy bears and Black children’s stories and especially my Goldendoodle, Franklin. He’s flyer than your dog on its best day. It is what it is.
I’m 100 percent intelligent Black child—equal parts smart and down-to-earth and wit, with a smidge of snob (used only in case of emergency). The rest of the time, I’m all sour apple Blow Pops and supernovas.
You should know, too, that I’m a lover of my people. We’re colorful. Hella funny. Overcomers. Creators. Herculean. Soldiers. Every last one of us when we put our minds to it. And I’m proud to be counted among us. I’ve staked my name—my career—on it. It’s in my DNA. All up in my bones.
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Denene Millner
Denene Millner is a New York Times bestselling author and frequent contributor to publications such as Essence, NPR, Redbook, and Glamour. In 2008, Millner founded MyBrownBaby, a critically acclaimed and award-winning blog that has worked with top brands, including Disney and Target. She also cohosts Georgia Public Broadcasting’s A Seat at the Table, a talk show about black women; hosts the podcast Speakeasy with Denene, a celebration of the beauty of the African American experience; and makes appearances on the Today show, NPR, and more. Millner has authored thirty-one books, among them Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, cowritten with Steve Harvey; Around the Way Girl, a memoir with actress Taraji P. Henson; The Vow, the novel on which the hit Lifetime movie With This Ring was based; and Fresh Princess: Style Rules, the second in a series inspired by Will Smith’s iconic character. Millner is the editorial director of Denene Millner Books,