A Trusted Friend in a Complicated World

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Dianne Bright

location-pin Southern California

School: San Diego State University

Expertise: tv, movies & entertainment, books, beauty & fashion, food news & tips, cleaning & organization, humor, grammar, family relationships, money & finances, pets, gardening, sustainability, travel, wellness, faith & religion, spirituality, environmental impact

Dianne Bright

  • Contributed to various publications, including I Love Cats magazine, Christianity Today's women's magazine, Focus on the Family's Thriving Family magazine, The Press-Enterprise, and Scholastic's parenting magazine and blog
  • Reviewed books for JIMMY Patterson Books, Harper Collins, Sourcebooks, Kensington Books, Quirk Books, William Morrow, Yale University Press and Simon & Schuster
  • Published her first paranormal novel, Soul Reader, with Tate Publishing in 2015
  • Published her second paranormal novel, Soul Jumper, in 2017
  • Four years as a contributor with Reader's Digest and The Healthy
  • Published Moms Kick Butt in 2021 with CrossLink
  • Published a YA dystopian novel, Voices, in 2021
  • Founder of Green Idea Labs in 2021
 
 
 

Experience

Dianne is a full-time writer who loves to travel. She taught college language courses for three years before starting a family and contributing to a variety of parenting and lifestyle publications, covering the environment, books, spirituality and self-care, plants, cleaning and organization, pets, travel, beauty, nutrition, and finance. Her first adult-fiction paranormal novel came out in 2015, followed by two additional novels. Her book of parenting reflections came out in 2021.
 
Dianne loves literature and has led a community book club for four years; she has also been reviewing titles seasonally for a variety of publishers over the past decade. She is the founder of Green Idea Labs, a group of environmental influencers focused on sustainability and the reduction of single-use plastics. She lives in Southern California with her family and pets.

Education

Wheaton College
BA, Spanish Language and Literature
 
San Diego State University
MA, Spanish Literature

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