Dianne Barker

Dianne Barker is a best-selling author, speaker, journalist, and radio host. Her latest book, I Don't Chase the Garbage Truck Down the Street in My Bathrobe Anymore! Organizing for the Maximum Life, won the Christian Authors Network 2014 Golden Scrolls third-place award for non-fiction book of the year. Her 1986 book Twice Pardoned (life of ex-con Harold Morris) was a national Christian best-seller and first book for Focus on the Family Publishing. Her best-selling Living Proof relates Vietnam hero Clebe McClary's story. Her 2012 book Cabbages and Kings--Reflections on Living Abundantly in Christ, is a collection of devotional-style articles originally published as a newspaper column. The book suggests attitudes and habits essential for living in joy regardless of circumstances. She is a popular speaker for women's events, teaching with passion about marriage, parenting, relationships,and living the maximum life. She hosts a weekly program Saturdays at 3:30 p,m. EST on whcbradio.org. She's a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association and Christian Authors Network.