[3][2] A proposed film adaptation had not been completed; as of May 2012 the script had not been approved and the first option was due to expire in June 2012.

[6] In 1988, Myron found an eight-week-old kitten left in the library drop box on a bitterly cold night.

[8] Myron retired from the library the next year, and began work on a book about Dewey, with co-author Bret Witter.

[8] The book recounted the story of the cat, which had reached an international audience, and reflected on her own and the town's challenges during this period.

[2] In November 2008, Myron learned that a film company was interested in an adaptation, with Meryl Streep proposed to play her.

[11][2] That same year, she and Witter published a children's picture book, the second about the cat, called Dewey's Christmas at the Library, intended for 3–6-year olds.

[3] In 2012 Myron won the Iowa Association of School Librarians' Goldfinch Award for Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library.