Ree Drummond
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Drummond in 2012
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| Born | Ann Marie Smith January 6th 1969 (Age 48) Bartlesville, Oklahoma |
| Pen name | The Pioneer Woman |
| Occupation | Blogger, author, food writer, photographer, television personality |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Journalism, Gerontology |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California (Class of '91) |
| Period | 2006–present |
| Genre | Biography, Cookbook |
| Subject | Cooking, Photography, Home & Garden, Homeschooling, Entertainment |
| Notable awards | Weblog of the Year 2009, 2010 (Bloggies) |
| Spouse | Ladd Drummond (m. 1996–present) |
| Children | Alex (b. 1997) Paige (b. 1999) Bryce (b. 2002) Todd (b. 2004) |
| Relatives | William Dale Smith, MD (father) Gerre Schwert (mother) Doug Smith (brother) Mike Smith (brother) Betsy Lee Smith (sister) |
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Ann Marie "Ree" Drummond (née Smith, born January 6, 1969) is an award-winning American blogger, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author,food writer, photographer and television personality who lives on a working ranch outside of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. In February 2010, she was listed as No. 22 on Forbes' Top 25 Web Celebrities—one of only four women. Her blog, The Pioneer Woman, which documents Drummond's daily life as a ranch wife and mother, was named Weblog of the Year 2009, 2010 and 2011 at the Annual Weblog Awards (The Bloggies).
Drummond has appeared on Good Morning America, Today Show, The View, The Chew and The Bonnie Hunt Show. She has been featured in Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Day, People and Southern Living. Her first cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl, was published in October 2009. Her second cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier, was published in March 2012.
Ann Marie, nicknamed Ree, grew up in a home overlooking the grounds of a country club in the oil town of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, with two brothers, Doug and Mike, and a younger sister, Betsy. Mike is developmentally disabled. She graduated from Bartlesville High School in 1987 after which she left Oklahoma to attend college in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from the University of Southern California in 1991, having first studied journalism before switching to gerontology. After graduation she hoped to attend law school in Chicago, but her plans changed unexpectedly when she met and married her husband, Ladd Drummond.
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