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Diane Billas

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Diane Billas is an award-winning author of the YA sapphic contemporary romance novel DOES LOVE ALWAYS WIN?, featured in Parents Magazine, and the YA superhero novel SUPERFICIAL, both with Creative James Media. Her upcoming YA murder mystery book THE FINAL CHAPTER will release spring 2027 through Evernight Teen. Her sapphic short stories are featured in Wild Ink Publishing’s PROM PERFECT and SACRED COVERSATIONS anthologies and and Of the Publishing Persuasion’s JINGLE THESE BELLS spicy holiday anthology.

Diane Billas lives in Philadelphia with her husband and son. When she’s not writing she can be found reading multiple books at once, performing the French horn and piano, or dreaming of the next country she’s going to visit. She writes the qu
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Diane Billas Find a consistent time to write and keep up with it every day. Also, make other writer friends. They motivate you to keep going and you can bounce ide…moreFind a consistent time to write and keep up with it every day. Also, make other writer friends. They motivate you to keep going and you can bounce ideas and thoughts off of them. (less)
Diane Billas I'm currently reading "Home Field Advantage" by Dahlia Adler and loving it! I just finished "She Get's the Girl" by Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippinc…moreI'm currently reading "Home Field Advantage" by Dahlia Adler and loving it! I just finished "She Get's the Girl" by Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott
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Does Love Always Win?

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Writing in Different Genres

I’ve been a guest on various podcasts and have been getting asked the same question a lot: You write in a lot of different genres. How did that happen and how does it work?

It’s a great question and might reflect my reading tastes. I read all kinds of books, therefore it makes me interested in writing in different genres. I’m a huge YA reader, which makes sense why so far I’ve only written in the Y Read more of this blog post »
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Published on February 03, 2025 04:24 • Tags: author, multi-genre, ya
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

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― C.S. Lewis

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