About the Author

Diane Adams is the author of two children’s picture books, Zoom!, (Peachtree, illustrated by Kevin Luthardt), and I Can Do It Myself! (Peachtree, illustrated by Nancy Hayashi 2009). She is the illustrator of A Home For Salty (written by Stephanie Stuve Bodeen.)

Diane was born in Long Beach, California, and grew up in Los Angeles and San Francisco. She loved to write poetry as a child, and her favorite book was Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. It’s still one of her favorites.

Diane loves to read, walk her dogs, play golf, and ride her motorscooter. She also loves reading to, and with, children.

Diane has a degree in Spanish from the University of Redlands and has studied under Marla Frazee at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. She spends much of her time writing, visiting schools and speaking at conferences.

She would love to visit your school and share her lively presentation with you. Just be ready to "lock your seatbelts and step inside" her zooming world of roller coasters.