Dete Meserve

Dete Meserve is an American film and television producer and author. Through her company, Silver Creek Falls Entertainment, Meserve produces television and film projects through her company.

Producing career

Meserve's television producer credits include the nature documentary series Wildest Africa (2010) and serving as Executive Producer on the television series Saint George (2014) with George Lopez.[1] Meserve was a producer on the films What Women Want (2000), Where the Heart Is (2000), Bernie (2011), The Keeping Room (2014), and Good Sam (2019).[1] She was an executive producer on What Men Want (2019).[1]

Meserve’s executive producer credits include 64 episodes of the PBS kids animated series Ready Jet Go! (2019) and its specials One Small Step (2016) and Ready Jet Go! Back to Bortron 7 (2019).[2] She also produced Ready Jet Go! Space Camp (2023).[3]

In 2025, Meserve was the Executive Producer of Apple TV+’s Not A Box, based on Antoinette Portis’ picture book of the same name.[4] The series received nominations for an Annie Award[5] and two Kidscreen Awards.[6] That same year, Meserve also served as Executive Producer and Showrunner of PBS Kids’ Weather Hunters, an animated series produced in collaboration with Al Roker.[3] The series’ accolades include 2026 Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award from the Association for Library Service to Children[7] and an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Children's Animated Program.[8]

Community involvement

Rotary International’s Good Sam Award is named after Meserve’s novel Good Sam.[9] The award, given annually since 2021, commemorates leadership embodying values of compassion and kindness. Meserve was the inaugural recipient; subsequent honorees include Jack McBrayer (2023), LeVar Burton (2024), and Holly Robinson Peete (2025).[10][11]

Writing career

Meserve is the author of five novels, as well as co-author of the nonfiction book Random Acts of Kindness, cowritten with Rachel Greco.[12] Meserve’s debut novel Good Sam (2014) was adapted as a film for Netflix in 2019,[13] with Meserve serving as producer and screenwriter.[14]

Meserve’s other books include the Good Sam sequels Perfectly Good Crime (2016)[15] and The Good Stranger (2020).[16] Her fourth novel, a standalone titled The Space Between, was published by Lake Union Publishing in 2018.[17] Her fifth novel, The Memory Collectors,[18] was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award in 2019.[19] Additionally, Meserve has written for CrimeReads[20] and Space.com.[21]

Memberships

Meserve is a member of the Producers Guild of America,[22] the Writers Guild of America, the Television Academy, and the Writers Guild of Canada.[23][24]

Speaking engagements

Meserve's speaking engagements include events with Rotary Club chapters throughout Southern California,[25][26] Bouchercon,[27] the Bentonville Film Festival,[13] Kidscreen,[28] and the World Animation Summit.[29] She was an instructor for Rosemont College's Creative Writing MFA program.[30]

Meserve served as onstage host of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse event at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, cohosting with Dr. Amy Mainzer in partnership with NASA, NOAA, and NSF.[31][32]

Personal life

Originally a native of Chicago, Illinois, Meserve lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children.[33]

Bibliography

Fiction

  • Good Sam (Kate Bradley Mystery #1, 2014)
  • Perfectly Good Crime (Kate Bradley Mystery #2, 2016)
  • The Space Between (2018)
  • The Good Stranger (Kate Bradley Mystery #3, 2020)
  • The Memory Collectors (2025)

Non-Fiction

  • Random Acts of Kindness (with Rachel Greco, 2019)

Filmography

Films

Television

  • Home Improvement (1991–1999) – Production Executive for Wind Dancer Films
  • Wildest Africa (2006) – Executive Producer
  • Saint George (2014) – Executive Producer
  • Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019) – Executive Producer[34]
  • Ready Jet Go!: Back to Bortron 7 (2017) – Executive Producer
  • Ready Jet Go!: One Small Step (2019) – Executive Producer
  • Ready Jet Go!: Space Camp (2023) – Producer
  • Not a Box (2025) – Executive Producer[35][36]
  • Weather Hunters (2025) – Showrunner, Executive Producer[37]
  • Hey A.J.! (2026) - Showrunner, Executive Producer [38]

References

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  2. ^ Ready Jet Go | The Creators of Ready Jet Go! Talk About Kindness. Retrieved 2026-03-07 – via www.pbs.org.
  3. ^ a b "WEATHER HUNTERS, New STEM Series Created by & Starring Al Roker, Launches on PBS KIDS September 8". About PBS - Main. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  4. ^ "Apple TV+ announces "Not a Box," an all-new animated preschool series". Apple TV Press. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  5. ^ "53rd Annual Annie Awards". annieawards.org. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  6. ^ "Kidscreen Awards". awards.kidscreen.com. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  7. ^ "American Library Association announces 2026 Youth Media Award winners | ALA". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  8. ^ "PBS EARNS FIVE NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINATIONS". About PBS - Main. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  9. ^ "Good Sam Award Luncheon Honoring Rodney Peete & Holly Robinson Peete - Rotary LA5". Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  10. ^ "Good Sam Award Luncheon Honoring Rodney Peete & Holly Robinson Peete - Rotary LA5". Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  11. ^ Warner, Cheri (2024-03-07). "LeVar Burton to Receive the Good Sam Award at Rotary Club of Los Angeles Foundation Annual Luncheon". EIN Presswire. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  12. ^ "Books | Author Dete Meserve". Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  13. ^ a b Ramos, Dino-Ray (2019-05-08). "Netflix's 'Good Sam' To Make World Premiere At Bentonville Film Festival; 'Blinded By The Light' Added To Lineup". Deadline. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  14. ^ Sahms, Jacob (2019-05-23). "The Work of Good Sam's Dete Meserve Spreads Like Miracles Do". Dove.org. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  15. ^ "Perfectly Good Crime | Author Dete Meserve". Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  16. ^ "The Good Stranger | Author Dete Meserve". Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  17. ^ "The Space Between | Author Dete Meserve". Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  18. ^ "The Memory Collectors | Author Dete Meserve". Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  19. ^ "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Readers' Favorite Science Fiction!". Goodreads. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  20. ^ Meserve, Dete (2025-06-02). "When Victims Become Detectives". CrimeReads. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  21. ^ published, Dete Meserve (2025-05-29). "Could time travel tourism be the next space tourism? (op-ed)". Space. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  22. ^ Hull, Aleisha. "Dete Meserve". Produced By Conference. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  23. ^ "Meet – Accomplished Film and TV Producer/Creator and Honorary LA5 Member Dete Meserve | Rotary LA5". rotaryla5.org. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  24. ^ Hull, Aleisha. "Dete Meserve". Produced By Conference. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  25. ^ "Woodland Hills Rotary".
  26. ^ "Register Now - LA5 Club Meeting - 3/13/26: Dete Meserve - The City Club".
  27. ^ "Dete - I had a terrific time discussing insights about fiction writing and screenwriting at Bouchercon writer's conference! Met so many wonderful readers and writers. | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  28. ^ "Kidscreen Summit 2026 - Dete Meserve". summit.kidscreen.com. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  29. ^ "Dete Meserve – The World Animation Summit". Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  30. ^ "SWCA | Hoping this is useful for members | Facebook".
  31. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse at Dallas Cotton Bowl® Stadium". National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  32. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  33. ^ "About Dete Meserve, Award-winning and Bestselling author". Dete Meserve, Award-winning and Bestselling author. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  34. ^ "Ready Jet Go! producer sees festivals on the horizon". Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  35. ^ Sharpe, Josh. "Apple TV+ Details New Animated Preschool Series NOT A BOX". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  36. ^ "Silver Creek Falls adapts picture book Not a Box into Apple TV+ preschool toon". C21media. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  37. ^ "WEATHER HUNTERS, New STEM Series Created by & Starring Al Roker, Launches on PBS KIDS July 7, 2025". About PBS – Main. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
  38. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (4 December 2025). "Disney Welcomes 'Hey A.J.!' to the Family Animation Lineup on Jan. 13". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
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