Carol Weston Explained

Carol Weston
Birth Name:Carol Weston
Birth Date:11 September 1956
Birth Place:New York
Occupation:Author
Nationality:American
Genre:Children's literature and advice column

Carol Weston (born September 11, 1956) is an American writer. The author of sixteen books, both fiction and non-fiction, she has been the "Dear Carol" advice columnist at Girls' Life since the magazine's first issue in 1994.[1] [2] [3] [4] Her newest book is Speed of Life, which received starred reviews in Kirkus,[5] Publishers Weekly,[6] School Library Journal, and Booklist. The New York Times Book Review called it "perceptive, funny, and moving."[7]

About Ava and Pip (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2014), The New York Times Book Review said, "This is a book about sisterhood, but also a love letter to language."[8] Also in this series: Ava and Taco Cat (2015)[9] and AVA XOX (2016).[10]

Biography

At Yale University, Weston majored in French and Spanish comparative literature, graduating summa cum laude in 1978. Her senior thesis was on "Don Juan and Woman" and she was a member of the Elizabethan Club. She earned her master's degree in Spanish from Middlebury College in 1979. Weston also studied at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York, spending her senior year in France with School Year Abroad in 1974.[11]

Weston's first book, Girltalk: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You, (HarperCollins 1985), came out in four editions and was translated into many languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Vietnamese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Indonesian, Latvian, and Polish.[12] Her first novel, The Diary of Melanie Martin, (Knopf 2000), was translated into Italian and Czech, and became a four-book series set in Italy, Holland, Spain, and New York.[13]

Weston speaks at schools and been a guest on many national television shows, including The View, Today, Oprah, and CNN Español.[14] Her online advice for adults and girls can be found at "Howdini" and on her YouTube Channel "GirltalkWithCarol". She is a judge of the Young Writers Award at the New York Society Library.[15]

Weston's other books include For Girls Only, For Teens Only, Private and Personal, How to Honeymoon, Melanie Martin Goes Dutch, With Love From Spain, Melanie Martin", "Melanie in Manhattan, and a "memoir" called From Here to Maternity. Of For Girls Only, USA Today said, "There are so many dumb advice books that it's a pleasure to find one that really works."[16]

Weston's first national byline was in Seventeen when she was 19.[17] Her essays, articles, quizzes, and reviews have appeared in The New York Times,[18] Chicago Tribune,[19] CNN, Yale Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Brides, Parents, American Way, Middlebury Magazine,[20] Cigar Aficionado,[21] Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Redbook, McCall's, and elsewhere. She has published over fifty letters in The New York Times[22] including this letter about Facebook.

Weston is the daughter of writers. Her father, William Weston, was a writer, director, and producer of documentaries including The Soviet Woman and the Peabody-winning television show The Last Word.[23] Her late mother, Marybeth Weston Lobdell, was an author and the garden editor of House & Garden.[24] [25] Her brothers are Eric Weston and author Mark Weston.

Weston and her husband, playwright Rob Ackerman, met in Madrid, Spain, and have lived in Manhattan since 1985. They have two daughters,[26] Emme and Lizzi Ackerman.

Selected works

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Carol Weston Dear Teen Dear Abby. 12 July 2012. Newsweek. Jan 25, 2004.
  2. Web site: Advice from Carol Weston. Girls' Life Magazine. 2 July 2012.
  3. Web site: Schwager. Istar. Interview with Carol Weston. Creative Parents. 2 July 2012.
  4. News: Lombroso. Linda. Straight Talk for Girls Today. The Journal News. 9 October 2004.
  5. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carol-weston/speed-of-life-weston/ Kirkus
  6. http://www.publishersweekly.com/9781492654490?permamore Publishers Weekly
  7. Web site: Raab. Margo. A Teenager's Life in the Aftermath of her Mother's Sudden Death. . 30 June 2017.
  8. Web site: Sullivan. J. Courtney. Little Sister, Big Plans. . 11 June 2014.
  9. Web site: Perry. Georgia. Carol Weston Knows All About Teen Girl Problems. 24 April 2015. 21 August 2015.
  10. Web site: Bascove. A Conversation with Author and Columnist Carol Weston. Summer 2015. 21 August 2015.
  11. Web site: Eberhart. Regan. Dear Carol. Middlebury Magazine. 2 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120207232206/http://blogs.middlebury.edu/middmag/2011/05/24/dear-carol/. 7 February 2012. dead.
  12. News: Ellis. Mark. Don't hurry to grow up, advice columnist urges. The Columbus Dispatch. 12 October 2004.
  13. News: Heller. Karen. Literary Livewire. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 28 February 2005.
  14. News: Susan. Avery. Top Five Books for Summer Reading. New York Magazine. 4 July 2005.
  15. Web site: Carol Weston . New York Society Library Kids . 2 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120507153936/http://nysoclib.org/kids/authors/weston_carol.html . 7 May 2012 .
  16. News: Kelly. Katy. Lessons, not lectures, in a book for young girls. USA Today. 23 April 1998.
  17. News: Talking Shop With Carol Weston. Big Apple Parent. April 2005.
  18. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/27/nyregion/thecity/27book.html?_r=1/ The New York Times
  19. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-24/news/ct-perspec-1124-grandma-20111124_1_big-brothers-grown-ups-pumpkin-pie/ Chicago Tribune
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20140310203300/http://sites.middlebury.edu/middmag/2014/02/26/road-taken-on-teaching/ Middlebury Magazine
  21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140310200719/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/Great-Moments-A-Daughter-Remembers_7801/p/1/ Cigar Aficionado
  22. Web site: Letters. The New York Times. 10 March 2014.
  23. Web site: The Soviet Woman (TV). The Paley Center for Media. 27 June 2012.
  24. Web site: Marybeth Weston Wed in Greenwich. The New York Times. 2 July 2012.
  25. Web site: Q&A with Carol Weston. Publishers Weekly. 10 March 2014.
  26. Web site: Carol Weston, A Writer, Sets Aug. 28 Bridal. The New York Times. 13 July 2012.

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