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Diane Billas

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Born

in York, The United States

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https://dianebillas.com

Twitter

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Young Adult, Gay and Lesbian, Contemporary

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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 sapphic short stories are featured in Wild Ink Publishing’s PROM PERFECT anthology 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 queer books she wished she could have read in high school. Diane can be found at dianebillas.com, on Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook @dia ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 263 ratings · 136 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Does Love Always Win? 3.81 avg rating — 154 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
	Superficial 4.21 avg rating — 61 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
	Jingle These Bells by Melanie Schubert (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Angela Montoya (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Robin Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor ) 4.66 avg rating — 35 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
	Prom Perfect by S.E. Reed (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Demi Michelle Schwartz (Editor), Avery Timmons (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2025 — 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

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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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This book was absolutely amazing. The dark academia feel was on point and I loved that the FMC is bi. The rivals to lovers plot worked very well and I also enjoyed the side characters. This is for sure going to be a book I read many times.
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This superhero book captured my attention right from the first page. I love that it’s not the typical superhero story but told from the perspective of a middle age woman who doesn’t think there is any fight left in her. It has action, mystery, and ev ...more
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I have read and loved all of Laura May’s books so I was eager to try this one as well and guess what, it’s my new favorite of hers. It’s a time slip sapphic romance with magic. The main character, Dakota, is a famous singer and she had her heart brok ...more
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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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