Diane Muldrow received Bachelor's degrees in Fine Arts (Dance) and in Magazine Journalism, from Ohio University. In the late 1980s/early 1990s, she was a dancer, actress, and spoken-word performer in New York. She has worked in publishing for over twenty-five years and is currently an editorial director at Golden Books/Random House and the editor of Little Golden Books. She is also the author of several book including the middle-grade series Dish, the picture book We Planted a Tree illustrated by Bob Staake, Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book, and Everything I Need to Know about Christmas I Learned from a Little Golden Book.