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Carin Greenberg (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
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and a
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. She wrote a series of children's books under the name Carin Greenberg Baker.


Life and career

Greenberg was born on September 17, 1959, in
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, to parents Elaine Kussack, 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
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from
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and subsequently attended
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. She left law school to begin a writing career, starting out as a
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for advertisements and later becoming a
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of
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books. In 1992, she began publishing her ''Karate Club'' series of
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; at the time of writing them, she practiced
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and her husband operated a karate school. She was an
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and co-creator of the animated show, '' Growing Up Creepie'', which ran from 2006 to 2008. She wrote scripts for the children's show, ''
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'', and was part of the team that won a 2004 Daytime Emmy for the series.


Credits

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 ''
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''; 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 ''
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'', HBO’s ''
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'' (Humanitas nomination) and ''
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'', '' 101 Dalmatians: The Series'' (2 Daytime Emmy nominations), and ''
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'' (Writers Guild Award winner). Greenberg has also written episodes for numerous series including ''Between the Lions'' (Emmy winner & additional Emmy nomination), ''
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'', ''
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'', and '' Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps'', among many others. Greenberg has written for Nickelodeon since the mid-1990s, including the shows ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. 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. 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''. She is an executive producer of the children's animated series, ''Weather Hunters'', set to release in July 2025.


Personal life

On June 23, 1990, she married David Arthur Baker, who owned and operated a karate school. They later divorced. On September 16, 2006, she married Thomas Patrick O’Donnell, a
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.


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Daytime Emmy nominations

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