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Diane Turnshek

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Diane Turnshek teaches college astronomy classes in Pittsburgh. She writes science fiction stories with an eye to the stars and taught writing classes at CMU and St. Vincent. She has been on the Board of Directors for both SFWA and Parsec, Pittsburgh’s premier science fiction charitable organization. For nine years, she mentored graduate students at Seton Hill's MFA Writing Popular Fiction program. She is the founder of WorD, a critique group, Alpha, a teen writing workshop, the CMU Speculative Fiction Lecture Series and Triangulation, a yearly themed genre anthology, which she is currently editing. She crewed the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, took first place with her team in the 2017 "Life in Space" competition to make life better ...more

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	Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction by Michael A. Arnzen (Goodreads Author), Heidi Ruby Miller, David Morrell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Hazard Yet Forward by Matt Duvall (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Natalie Duvall (Editor, Contributor), Elsa Carruthers (Contributor) 4.44 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2012	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
	Knee Deep in Little Devils by WorD Publishing-pgh (Goodreads Author) (Editor, author), Tom Sweterlitsch, Michael A. Arnzen (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Triangulation: Dark Skies by Diane Turnshek (Goodreads Author), Blake Jessop (Goodreads Author), Mary Soon Lee (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 17 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
	Triangulation: Extinction by Isaac E. Payne (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Diane Turnshek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katherine Kireeva (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 12 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
	Triangulation: Parch by Stephen V. Ramey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John M. Shade (Contributor), Jacob Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Triangulation 2003: A Confluence of Speculative Fiction by Diane Turnshek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Timons Esaias (Goodreads Author), Wen Spencer (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003	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
	Abyss & Apex Magazine, Issue 21, 1st Quarter 2007 by Wendy S. Delmater (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Diane Turnshek (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Manek Mistry (Contributor) 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007	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
	An Atlas of Digital Spectra of Cool Stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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