Diana L. Sharples

Diana L. Sharples lives in Georgia with her husband and a house full of rescued pets. She holds a degree in communication design/illustration from the Atlanta College of Art and has won awards for her work in science fiction and fantasy illustration. She brings her artist vision for details and her love of characters to her writing. She won several pre-publication awards for her debut novel, Running Lean, which was released by Zondervan/Blink Books (a division of Harper Collins) in 2013. She published five novels in 2018-2019, including the sequel to Running Lean (Running Strong). She branched into young adult mystery with her "Because..." series, and in 2024 published a series of romantic suspense novels.