Dianna Dorisi Winget

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Dianna Dorisi Winget

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Dianna begin writing at nine years old, when she would stuff notebooks under her bed to prevent prying eyes from seeing her wonderful masterpieces. It wasn't until graduating from high school that she finally admitted her love for writing.

With the support of her parents, she was able to enroll in the Institute of Children's Literature, a well-respected correspondance school. After completing both the basic and advanced courses, Dianna began selling short stories and articles to magazines such as Clubhouse, U*S* Kids, Child Life, and Good Reading for Everyone.

It wasn't until 2012, that Dianna realized her dream of writing middle grade novels for kids with the publication of "A Smidgen of Sky." Today, she continues to write children's ficti...more


Of all the writing techniques writers need to master, developing voice is one of the hardest to grasp. What is this elusive, intangible thing called voice? And why is it so necessary in order to capture the attention of agents, editors and readers? Since being asked to present on this topic for an upcoming SCBWI conference, voice has been on my mind a lot. So first let me give you one of my fav... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.89 · 36 ratings · 15 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
A Smidgen of Sky
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December 7, 2012 I'll be happy to discuss my debut MG, "A Smidgen of Sky," as well as to answer questions about writing and publishing for children.
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