Expertise
Filmographies, Marvel movies, U.S. politics
- Throughout her career, D.R. has met and interviewed many celebrities, writers, and filmmakers—including the author of the "True Blood" novels and the cast of "Rick and Morty."
- D.R.'s bylines for The Mary Sue include an article she penned in 2023 about Jeffrey Dean Morgan's role on Season 4 of "The Boys." Her headline caught the actor's attention, who agreed his presence would make the show "filthier."
- D.R.'s lifelong obsession with history drives her to find the connections between pop culture movements and historical trends.
Experience
D.R. Medlen is a pop culture writer and historian. After years in the business world, she finally pursued her lifelong dream of being a full-time writer. She expertly fangirls over Marvel, "The Hunger Games," "The Lord of the Rings," anything fantasy-related, and monster romance novels. When she's not writing or reading, she lives that Hobbit-core life in California with her spouse, offspring, and animal familiars. Her work has been published in The Mary Sue, CBR, Collider, and The Direct. D.R.'s fiction work appears in short story collections, and she hopes to publish a novel.
Education
She holds a bachelor's degree in history from Arizona State University.
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"Malcolm in the Middle" was one of the most successful sitcoms of the early 2000s, not to mention one whose cast has transformed the most dramatically since.
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