Marilyn Singer (born 3 October 1948) is an author of children's books in a wide variety of genres, including fiction and non-fiction picture books, juvenile novels and mysteries, young adult fantasies, and poetry.
Biography
Marilyn Singer was born in the Bronx, New York City on October 3, 1948, and lived most of her early life in North Massapequa (Long Island), NY. She attended Queens College, City University of New York, and for her junior year, the University of Reading, England. She holds a B.A. in English from Queens College and an M.A. in communications from New York University.
In 1974, after teaching English in New York City high schools for several years, Marilyn began to write – initially film notes, catalogues, teacher's guides and film strips. Then, one day, when she was sitting in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Marilyn penned a story featuring talking insect characters she'd made up when she was eight. Encouraged by the responses she got, Marilyn wrote more stories and in 1976 her first book, The Dog Who Insisted He Wasn't, was published by E. P. Dutton.
Since then, Marilyn has published over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her genres are many and varied, including realistic novels, fantasies, non-fiction, fairy tales, picture books, mysteries and poetry.
In 2023 Singer appeared as a contestant on Jeopardy!.
Marilyn Singer lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York.
Education
1971. Education: Attended University of Reading, UK, 1967–68; Queens College of the City University of New York, B.A. (cum laude), 1969; New York University, M.A., 1979.
Works
Poetry
Strange Place to Call Home (Chronicle, 2012) The Superheroes Employment Agency (Clarion, 2012) The Boy Who Cried Alien (Disney-Hyperion, 2012) The Stick is an Excellent Thing (Clarion, 2012) Every Day’s a Dog’s Day (Dial, 2012) A Full Moon is Rising (Lee & Low, 2011) Twosomes: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom (Knopf, 2011) '"Tricera-flops" in Dizzy Dinosaurs, edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins (HarperCollins, 2011) Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse (Dutton Children's Books, 2010) "In My Hand" and "Spinners," in Falling Down the Page edited by Georgia Heard (Roaring Brook Press, 2009) "In Here, Kitty, Kitty" in Incredible Inventions edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins (Greenwillow, 2009) First Food Fight This Fall and Other School Poems (Sterling, 2008) Shoe Bop (Dutton Children's Books, 2008) "Making Soup," "Best Friend," and "Singing Down the Sun" in Lessons for Climb Inside a Poem edited by Georgia Heard and Lester Laminack (First Hand Heinemann, 2008) "Beach Time" and "Stargazing" in Here's a Little Poem edited by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters (Walker, 2007) "Diamond Dark" in Faith and Doubt edited by Patrice Vecchione (Holt, 2007) "Clay" in Behind the Museum Door edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins (Abrams, 2007) "For Me" in Poetry Aloud Here! edited by Sylvia Vardell (ALA Editions, 2006) Monday on the Mississippi (Holt, 2005) Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth (Knopf, 2005) "Haircut" in Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins (HarperCollins, 2005) "Heart Art" in Valentine H arts edited by Lee Bennnett Hopkins (HarperCollins, 2005) Creature Carnival (Hyperion 2004) How to Cross a Pond: Poems About Water (Knopf, 2003) Fireflies at Midnight (Atheneum, 2003) The Company of Crows (Clarion, 2002) Footprints on the Roof: Poems About the Earth (Knopf, 2002) Monster Museum (Hyperion, 2001) On the Same Day in March All We Needed to Say: Poems About School (Atheneum, 1996) "Kumquats" in Food Fight edited by Michael Rosen (Harcourt, 1996) The Morgans Dream (Holt, 1995) Please Don't Squeeze Your Boa, Noah! (Holt, 1995) Family Reunion (Macmillan, 1994) Sky Words (Simon & Schuster, 1994) It's Hard to Read a Map with a Beagle on Your Lap (Holt, 1993) In My Tent (Macmillan, 1992) Nine O'Clock Lullaby (HarperCollins, 1991) Turtle in July (Simon & Schuster, 1989) Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. A Scholastic Book Club selection (paperback), 1991; An NCTE Notable Book, 1989; Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1989, The New York Times; Best Children's Books of 1989, Time magazine; A Reading Rainbow review book, 1994