Carin Greenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 17, 1959 |
| Education | Yale University B.A. |
| Known for | Writer, story editor and producer |
Carin Greenberg[1] (born September 17, 1959) is a writer, story editor and producer of children’s entertainment. She is a Peabody finalist and winner of three Daytime Emmys, two Annie Awards and a Writers Guild Award. She wrote a series of children's books under the name Carin Greenberg Baker.[1]
Greenberg was born on September 17, 1959, in New York City, to parents Elaine Kussack,[1] an actress, and Lawrence J. Greenberg, a U.S. Air Force officer. As a child, Greenberg acted in television and film. In 1980, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and subsequently attended Georgetown University Law Center.[2][3] She left law school to begin a writing career, starting out as a copywriter for advertisements and later becoming a ghostwriter of young adult books. In 1992, she began publishing her Karate Club series of children's books; at the time of writing them, she practiced karate and her husband operated a karate school.[2]
She was an executive producer and co-creator of the animated show, Growing Up Creepie, which ran from 2006 to 2008.[1][4] She wrote scripts for the children's show, Between the Lions, and was part of the team that won a 2004 Daytime Emmy for the series.[1]
Greenberg was the writer of the HBO family special, The Weight of the Nation for Kids: Quiz Ed!, which received a 2013 Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children’s Television Program; Story Editor/Writer for Disney Jr.’s Octonauts; Co-Producer of a live action pilot, The Adventures of Taxi Dog; Co-Creator and Executive Producer of Growing Up Creepie (Daytime Emmy nomination); Supervising Producer and TV developer of ToddWorld, (3 Emmy nominations; 2 Humanitas nominations); Executive Story Editor for Dragon Tales, HBO’s Harold and the Purple Crayon (Humanitas nomination) and A Little Curious, 101 Dalmatians: The Series (2 Daytime Emmy nominations), and Ghostwriter (Writers Guild Award winner). Greenberg has also written episodes for numerous series including Between the Lions (Emmy winner & additional Emmy nomination), Doc McStuffins, Sheriff Callie's Wild West, and Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, among many others. Greenberg also scripted three Dragon Tales Live stage shows, which toured the United States.[citation needed]
Greenberg has written for Nickelodeon since the mid-1990s, including the shows Allegra's Window, Gullah Gullah Island, Wonder Pets, The Backyardigans, Winx Club, Bubble Guppies, and Dora the Explorer.[5] She is also the co-executive producer and story editor of Kinderwood for Nickelodeon's Noggin app.
Greenberg is the co-creator, writer and executive producer of Quarantween: the Musical for TheaterWorksUSA.[6] She has developed television projects with numerous networks and studios, including as the co-executive producer, story editor and writer for seasons 2, 3 and 4 of Amazon Prime Video's Tumble Leaf; co-creator/writer of Destination Solar System, an immersive, live space adventure that played at the planetaria in Chicago, Denver and Nashville; head writer of MGA Entertainment's Lalaloopsy.[citation needed]
On June 23, 1990, she married David Arthur Baker, who owned and operated a karate school.[2] They later divorced. On September 16, 2006, she married Thomas Patrick O’Donnell, a research scientist.[1]