Diane C. McPhail is an acclaimed artist as well as an award-winning author. Something of a perpetual student, she holds an M.F.A., an M.A., and a D.Min. Madeleine L"Engle, author of A Wrinkle In Time, her first writing teacher, convinced her that she was indeed a writer. Since then Diane has studied with a range of reknowned, highly awarded authors and is a regular repeat at Yale Writers’ Workshop, among others. Diane is a member of the Historical Novel Society, at whose national conference she has presented, and the North Carolina Writers' Network. She appeared on LiveTalks LA with Jane Smiley, at the Mississippi Book Festival, and the National Women's Book Association Bibliofeast. A popular retreat leader and teacher, Diane keeps herself busy in Highlands, NC, with writing and painting, with her husband, Ray, and a fuzzy white dog called Pepper.
