Timeline
My Career Through the Years
March 1982
March 1982
My first story
I have always loved fracturing fairy tales.
December 1987
December 1987
Random House sends me my first rejection letter
May 1988
May 1988
My Judy Blume fan fiction
July 2001
July 2001
Milkrun, about a twenty-something looking for love in the big city, is published
and I get to go to Stockholm, London, Milan, and Tokyo to promote it.
September 2002
September 2002
My second novel Fishbowl hits Page Six as marketing effort goes awry
Whoops! Read about it on PR Week.
October 2002
October 2002
Fishbowl gets a starred review ★
★ “Mlynowski wisely focuses the most on the girls' relationships with each other, creating fully dimensional characters and a terrific story.” —Booklist, starred review
August 2004
August 2004
Girls’ Night In, the anthology I co-edited to raise money for War Child, is a USA Today best seller!
October 2004
October 2004
I pretend to be American by writing a story for American Girls About Town
Find more about American Girls About Town here!
February 2005
February 2005
I write my first Young Adult novel, Bras & Broomsticks
Read all about it in Publishers Weekly→
March 2005
March 2005
Emma Roberts is cast in Bras and Broomsticks movie
June 2006
June 2006
I co-write a guide to writing with Farrin Jacobs
July 2006
April 2007
April 2007
I throw an author prom with fellow YA authors to launch 21 Proms
The guest list included John Green, Leslie Margolis, Libba Bray, David Levithan, E. Lockhart, Gordon Korman, and more! Proceeds went to Advocates for Youth.
June 2008
June 2008
I go on a road trip with Lauren Myracle and E. Lockhart to launch How to Be Bad
Read all about it in the LA Times→
October 2008
October 2008
Parties & Potions wins the Teen Book Video Award
March 2009
March 2009
Paramount acquires Gimme A Call
This option eventually expires and then ends up elsewhere and then expires again! Ah, maybe one day....
March 2011
March 2011
Emma Roberts is no longer attached to Bras & Broomsticks… But now Nickelodeon wants to develop it for Willow Smith!
This option has since expired…. But fingers crossed for a Bras & Broomsticks movie one day….
June 2011
June 2011
Ten Things We Did gets a starred review ★
★ “Ten madcap and remarkably tense escapades that will have readers laughing, cringing, and guessing how April will get out of the next pickle.” —Publishers Weekly
October 2011
October 2011
Me vs. Me is optioned by Das Films
December 2011
December 2011
My friends and I mail each other a pair of pajama pants and Tyra Banks gets involved
Read more about it in Publishers Weekly→
May 2012
May 2012
Whatever After, my first middle grade novel, comes out!
March 2014
March 2014
Don’t Even Think About It gets a starred review ★
★ “Smart and frequently hilarious.” —Publishers Weekly
May 2014
May 2014
Whatever After is a New York Times best seller!
November 2014
November 2014
I return to my hometown library with my friends Gayle Forman and E. Lockhart
Read about it in the Montreal Gazette!
September 2015
September 2015
I co-write a new middle grade series with Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins
September 2015
September 2015
Disney options Upside Down Magic
March 2017
March 2017
Upside-Down Magic is named 2017’s Youth One Book, One Denver
Read more in The Denver Post→
May 2017
May 2017
I launch OMG BookFest with authors Michael Buckley, Adele Griffin, & Julia DeVillers!
Read all about it in Publishers Weekly→
July 2017
July 2017
My glamorous event for I See London, I See France at Forever 21 in NYC
Thank you for celebrating with me Courtney Sheinmel, E. Lockhart, Jennifer E. Smith, and Rebecca Serle!
September 2017
January 2018
January 2018
Upside-Down Magic is a New York Times best seller!
April 2019
April 2019
That time Tina Fey talked about me and the book I co-wrote with Kimmy Schmidt on The Tonight Show....
August 2019
August 2019
UDM starts filming
May 2020
May 2020
After three amazing OMGs, we go virtual due to Covid…
…and then close up shop. We'll always remember you, OMGMO, OMGCO, and OMGCHI!
May 2020
May 2020
I write about my second favorite job ever (after being a writer)—being a camp counselor
August 2020
August 2020
The UDM movie premieres
May 2022
May 2022
I write my first ever essay (about my little sister) for Hope Wins…
…and it’s all about my Judy Blume fan fiction Super Squirt.
September 2022
September 2022
I launch the Best Wishes series in LA at a super fun event at Alice & Olivia
September 2022
September 2022
Imagine Kids + Family Nabs Film Rights to ‘Best Wishes’
December 2022
December 2022
We announce the upcoming publication of my first picture book, A Dragon for Hanukkah
April 2023
April 2023
Best Wishes is a New York Times best seller!
October 2023
October 2023
A Delta pilot finds my book in an airport and the story is on the news
Thanks, Captain Ben! Read the full story.
November 2023
November 2023
Christina Soontornvat and I launch Best Wishes #3 at the Texas Book Festival
March 2024
March 2024
Lion Forge Entertainment Taps Eydie Faye to Adapt Best Wishes for Film
April 2024
April 2024
My first graphic novel—an adaption of Whatever After #1—is published
August 2024
August 2024
A Dragon for Hanukkah gets a starred review! ★
★ “Immense joy on every page… A heartwarming story celebrating Hanukkah.” —School Library Journal, starred review
December 2024
December 2024
A Dragon for Hanukkah is a USA Today Best Seller!
