Diane Parkinson (who writes as Diane Scott Lewis) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, joined the Navy at nineteen and has written and edited free-lance since high school. She married in Greece and raised two sons in Puerto Rico, California, Guam and Virginia. She wrote book reviews for the Historical Novels Review and has worked as an on-line book editor. Diane served as president of the Riverside Writers in 2007-2008. She has twelve published novels. One is part of the Canadian Historical Brides series, set in 18thc. New Brunswick. She has a novel set during the American Revolution and the Potomac Oyster Wars. Her most recent is a WWII romantic suspense. She lives with her husband and dachshund in western Pennsylvania. dianescottlewis.org