by Diana Renn | Mar 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Exciting news! I am thrilled to announce that TROUBLE AT TURTLE POND has made the long list for the Nature Generation’s 2023 Green Earth Book Award in the category of Children’s Fiction!! I’m familiar with many of the titles on this year’s list, across...
by Diana Renn | Feb 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
I had such a wonderful time celebrating World Read Aloud Day with students and educators this week. What a delight to meet so many energetic students and their teachers. I was struck by how many young people are genuinely excited about reading, and prepared...
by Diana Renn | Jul 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’m beginning to chip away at my towering TBR pile of amazing new books that launched in the first half of 2022. Dayna Lorentz’s WAYWARD CREATURES came out in January, and while I’d started reading as soon as the book arrived – I’d been...
by Diana Renn | Jun 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been ten years since my debut novel, TOKYO HEIST, entered the world! It seemed important to mark the moment somehow, as ten years in a writing career is an important milestone. The road from TOKYO HEIST (a YA mystery about missing...
by Diana Renn | Jun 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Welcome back to my (Mostly) Weekly Reads feature! I took last week off in light of the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t have the bandwidth or, frankly, the will to write a bookish blog post last week. I...