Diane signing copies of Innocence
and Impropriety at RWA's "Readers for
Life" Book signing charity in Dallas, 2007.
July 1, 2008
:: Diane will be a guest author
at The Good The
Bad and the Unread's special feature on Harlequin Historicals:
30 Days and 30 Knights, talking about her Tales from the Regency Underworld.
July 21, 2008
:: Diane will be a guest
author at Rosa
Is For Romance, a blog for Italian readers (and
English-speaking ones) on July 21, talking about herself and
her books, especially The
Vanishing Viscountess which is expected to be
released in Italy soon.
July 30, 2008
Readers for Life Charity Book Signing
San
Francisco Marriott
San Francisco, CA
:: Diane joins hundreds of other
romance authors at the Romance Writers of
America 28th Annual Conference in signing their latest releases
to promote literacy. For additional details, visit the conference
website.
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Diane
and Eloisa James with members of Eloisa's
Message Board at RWA's 2007 National Convention. Scroll
down for more photos.
Above:
Diane (right) with bestselling authors,
Lisa
Gardner (left),
Julia
Quinn (center), at Turn the Page Bookstore for a booksigning in April
2007.
View and print Diane's print-friendly
biography.
Fast Facts about Diane:
- The Vanishing Viscountess is Diane’s 6th Harlequin Historical Romance.
Diane’s A Reputable Rake won the Romance Writers of America 2006 RITA
Award for Best Regency Romance.- Diane’s books have won other awards, including the 2005 National Reader’s Choice Award, the 2005 Orange Rose (now called Book Buyers Best), and, as an unpublished writer, the 2003 Romance Writers of America Golden Heart.
- Diane also wrote two Historical Romances for Warner Forever, under the name
Diane Perkins.
Diane’s first book, The Mysterious Miss M, was published in 2004 by he Mills & Boon (the UK branch of Harlequin Enterprises). The Mills & Boon editor who judged the unpublished manuscript in the 2003 Golden Heart Contest, bought the book.- Diane’s first career was as a county mental health social worker, initially providing outpatient psychotherapy for children and their parents, then later for older adults in the county’s specialized Senior Adult Mental Health program.
- Diane’s education includes: a Master’s in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University; a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University; a Bachelor of Arts in English from Ohio University.
- Diane is the third daughter of a Colonel in the US Army. After spending their childhoods moving from place to place, including a year in Japan, Diane and her sisters settled in the Washington, DC, suburbs. Diane’s son and daughter grew up in the house where Diane still lives with her husband and three ordinary housecats.
- Click over to Diane's Trophy
Shelf for all of her book awards.
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Publicity Photos:
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appreciates all the requests for photographs for press use. The following
photos are available for download in both mac (.sit) and pc (.zip) formats.
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you post your article so we can link to it. All author photos used should
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Diane (left) with RITA winners 
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Diane (center) with author friends 
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