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 Sierra series is set in a fictional town in one of her favorite areas, the eastern 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 spend school breaks traveling throughout the west, and always make a point of visiting National Parks along the way.

When not writing exciting tales of women in danger, Diane spends her time at her day job teaching US History, gardening, and bugging her husband to finish the house remodel. She is a member of the Romance Writers of America and the Orange County Romance Writers.