Marilyn Sadler is a children's writer[1] with a deadpan sense of humor.
One of her best known works was made into a television Disney movie, under the title Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century.
That book is about a space girl who is sent to Earth and the cultural clashes she finds in her new planet.
This series concerns a boy genius whose activities include building a time machine, exploring outer space, and ironing his shoelaces.
[2][3] Marilyn's television credits also include two Reading Rainbow programs featuring Alistair, an Alistair program for the BBC, three ABC Weekend Specials featuring PJ Funnybunny[4] and a show based on her children's book, Elizabeth and Larry for Showtime's Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories.