Carrie Anton worked as a full-time author and editor for American Girl Publications' Advice & Activity line from 2005 through 2013, during which time she wrote several contemporary nonfiction books for 8-to-12-year-old girls. Anton left the cube life in 2013 to grow Wonder: An Idea Studio while girl-bossing as a freelance writer. Her writing has been published by Women's Health, Family Circle, Oxygen, Draft, and Outside, among others.