Diana Murray Diana Murray

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biopic Diana Murray writes children's picture books and poetry. She was awarded the 2010 SCBWI Barbara Karlin Grant for a rhyming picture book manuscript and has multiple poems forthcoming in Spider, SCBWI Bulletin, Highlights for Children, and Highlights High Five. Diana is a member of The Poets' Garage, an established critique group for children's writing.

beeMeDiana lives in New York City with her husband, two daughters, and a goldfish named Pickle. She spent about twelve years as an art director, most recently working at Theory, a fashion company. Diana enjoys picture books because they offer the perfect blend of words, art, humor, and philosophy. She especially loves writing in rhyming verse. A few of her favorite authors and poets include: Julia Donaldson, Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, Aileen Fisher, Karma Wilson, J. Patrick Lewis, Douglas Florian, Ogden Nash, and Adam Rex.






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