Diana StoutAn award-winning writer in multiple genres, Diana Stout, MFA, Ph.D. is a screenwriter, author, blogger, and former English professor. She has published magazine articles, short stories, poetry, served both as a newspaper and magazine columnist, had to short plays produced in New York, and optioned a screenplay. She has served as a reviewer for academic journals, textbook publishers, and as a contest judge for multiple writing organizations: both children and adult, in fiction and nonfiction, and Hollywood screenwriting organizations. She has published books both traditionally and as an indie publisher. Today, she writes full-time through her production company, Sharpened Pencils Productions LLC. When not writing, she enjoys books, movies, lunching with friends and family, and jigsaw puzzles. Read More Read Less