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About Diane C. McPhail
ABOUT DIANE
Diane C. McPhail is an acclaimed artist as well as an award-winning author. Something of a perpetual student, she holds an M.F.A., an M.A., and a D.Min. Madeleine L”Engle, author of A Wrinkle In Time, her first writing teacher, convinced her that she was indeed a writer. Since then Diane has studied with a range of reknowned, highly awarded authors and is a regular repeat at Yale Writers’ Workshop, among others. Diane is a member of the Historical Novel Society, at whose national conference she has presented, and the North Carolina Writers’ Network. She appeared on LiveTalks LA with Jane Smiley, at the Mississippi Book Festival, and the National Women’s Book Association Bibliofeast. A popular retreat leader and teacher, Diane keeps herself busy in Highlands, NC, with writing and painting, with her husband, Ray, and a fuzzy white dog called Pepper.
Advance Reviews
Pamela Klinger-Horn, Valley Bookseller (Stillwater, MN)
“In a time and place when women were relegated to the home, these New Orleans ladies set about crafting their own future. Threads of missing husbands, menacing gamblers, and society on the cusp of changing women’s rights weave together to form a riveting tale. The history of the first all-female Krewe was so captivating it sent me to do some googling for extra information. It was also an education about women’s rights and the Napoleonic Code. Fascinating. McPhail has stitched an impressive work of historical fiction that will fuel plenty of book club discussions.”
Linda Bond, Auntie’s Bookstore (Spokane, WA)
“A riveting story of two women whose lives are woven together by chance at a time before women could vote, before the streets are paved, before women had the freedom to take jobs beyond the kind carried out by “domestics.” But fate has more in store for these two and when they get together, well, anything can happen. What a story!”
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