An avid reader for as long as she can remember, Diane has always favored stories with strong female characters who went on adventures and could think themselves out of the most dangerous situations. It’s no surprise that those are the kinds of books she enjoys writing.

Diane loves the outdoors and reflects this passion in her books. Born and raised in Southern California, family vacations invariably meant camping in locations ranging from Big Sur to Death Valley. Her High Sierras and Payback Mountain series are set in one of her favorite locations, California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. Her love of travel took her to Sweden as an exchange student when she was sixteen and backpacking around Great Britain (after a week in Paris) while in college. Now that they are empty nesters, she and her husband enjoy traveling throughout the west, and always make a point of visiting National Parks along the way.

Diane has recently retired from thirty years as a high school history teacher. She spends her time writing and keeping up with her social media author presence, gardening, and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She’s a member of the Orange County Romance Writers.