Barbara Dillon is an author of books for children, including The Beast in the Bed, What's Happened to Harry?, Who Needs a Bear? and Mrs. Tooey and the Terrible Toxic Tar. Ms. Dillon is best known for her book A Mom by Magic, which was made into the Disney TV movie A Mom for Christmas

A Mom for Christmas

A Mom for Christmas is a 1990 fantasy/comedy television movie directed by George T. Miller and starring Olivia Newton-John. Based on the book A Mom by Magic by Barbara Dillon, the film originally aired on NBC on December 17, 1990.-Plot:...

 starring Olivia Newton John.

Ms. Dillon was born in Montclair, New Jersey, and received a B.A. degree in English from Brown University. She worked for seven years as an editorial assistant for The New Yorker magazine and sold her first story to Woman's Day magazine at the age of 23. She currently resides in Darien, CT.