Diane Wahn Shotton

For readers of Lisa Wingate, Kristin Hannah, and Diane Chamberlain who crave ordinary people facing impossible choices.

Meet strong women, complicated families, and the quiet heroism left out of textbooks. These are stories of sacrifice, legacy, and the cost of injustice—deeply human, deeply researched, and set in 19th- and early 20th-century America.

Her debut novel, Motty's Vow, has consistently been a #1 category bestseller. It follows a young girl determined to keep her family together during the Civil War and continues to resonate with readers.

The second in the Roots of Resilience series, Lizzie's Oath, arrives September 21, 2026—the story of Motty's younger sister, a woman who did everything right and lost it all, then made one mistake and got the life she dreamed of.

Her standalone novel, The Dictograph Case, reviewed by the Historical Novel Society in May 2026, uncovers buried truths, dangerous propaganda, and the price of silence in a small American town. She recently appeared on The Resilient Writers Radio Show with award-winning author and host Rhonda Douglas, discussing the craft of transforming true history into fiction.

Born in Covington, Kentucky, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, she roots her fiction in the family histories that shaped her. She now writes from Cave Creek, Arizona, still chasing the forgotten stories that deserve to be remembered.

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