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With a degree in art, combined with a love for storytelling, Diana Sharples has won numerous awards for both her art and her writing. She writes clean, contemporary young adult fiction. Her first novel, Running Lean, was published in 2013 by Harper Collins. In 2015, her publishing was temporarily derailed by a battle with cancer, but she returned in 2018 with five new books, including the long-awaited sequel to Running Lean. Her latest novel, Because...Broken, was published in 2020, and she is currently working on several new novels, including Book #2 in the Quincy High Series.

Diana's writing is inspired by the people and landscape of the south, especially North Carolina and Georgia. She is a wife and mom, a follower of Jesus Christ, a love ...more

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	Running Lean 3.71 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Because...Anonymous 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Hero 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Because...Broken 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Running Strong 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Because...Vengeance (Because...Mysteries, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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This is a short piece I wrote for the Blink website (www.blinkyabooks.com), giving readers a glimpse into the mind of Stacey Varnell, one of the characters in my novel, Running Lean.

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Things happen in a flash and there isn’t time to think, to figure out my blundering reactions. It’s later, when I’m in my room alone, that the reasons sift through my brain and I can put things i Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 24, 2013 10:45 • Tags: anorexia, blink-ya, motorcycles, running-lean, teen, teenage-girls, teenagers, young-adult, zondervan

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By A Thread: A Peach Creek Small Town Romance (Peach Creek Small Town Romance Series)

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