Diana López

Diana López is the award-winning middle grade author of Confetti Girl, Ask My Mood Ring How I Feel, Nothing Up My Sleeve (Little Brown), and Lucky Luna also available in a Spanish-language edition Luna Fortuna (Scholastic). Her thrilling Los Monstruos middle grade trilogy explores Texas-Mexico border myths beginning with Felice and the Wailing Woman, Rooster and the Dancing Diablo, and just out Ava and the Owl-Witch (Kokila/Penguin, all also available in Spanish paperback editions).

Diana’s debut picture book  Sing with Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla and Spanish edition Canta Conmigo: La historia de Selena Quintanilla, illustrated by Teresa Martínez, translated by Carmen Tafolla (Dial/Penguin), celebrates the life and legacy of the beloved Queen of Tejano music. It was named a Best Book of the Year by A Mighty Girl, New York Public Library, and Bank Street College and received starred reviews from School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews!

Diana wrote the original middle grade novel, Coco: A Story About Music, Shoes and Family, in collaboration with Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated film. Her young adult novel, Choke (Scholastic), was made into an original Lifetime Movie “The Choking Game” directed by Emmy-Award winning producer/director Lane Shefter-Bishop.  Her adult writing includes Sofia’s Saints (Bilingual Review Press) and anthologies Hecho en Tejas, You Don’t Have a Clue, and Living Beyond Borders. She has been a guest on NPR’s Latino USA and is the winner of the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award and the William Allen White Award. She is the former editor of Huizache: The Magazine of Latino Literature and taught literature and creative writing at the University of Houston-Victoria.  Diana lives in Corpus Christi, Texas and is currently the President of the Texas Institute of Letters.

Visit her on the web http://www.dianalopezbooks.com/, or follow her on social @dianalopezbooks

Praise for Sing with Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla:

“Will inspire anyone who dreams of a career in the performing arts.” —School Library Journal STARRED REVIEW

“Worthy, sparkling.” — Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW