Rosalind Wiseman is an
American parenting educator and author of several publications. Her
New York Times best-selling book
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence, released in 2002, was the basis of the 2004 film
Mean Girls. A revised version of
Queen Bees and Wannabees was released on October 13, 2009. Wiseman is also the creator of the Owning Up Curriculum, a program that teaches students and educators to take responsibility as bystanders, perpetrators, and victims of unethical behavior.