Dianna has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Calgary and is currently a student at St. Mary’s University, Calgary, to complete her Bachelor of Education degree in the spring of 2019. She has taken Advanced Fiction Writing courses through the University of Athabasca. She was born in Gander and raised in Kelligrews, Newfoundland. She currently resides in Calgary with her husband and two sons. She is currently writing the sequel to Saltwater Joys, as well as another literary fiction novel situated in the farthest remote community of the Canadian Artic. She is also working on a non-fiction book with her sister, Crystal, to help families who have a child with cancer, in hopes of sharing their family’s experience to inspire and help others.