<link href="../Styles/template.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:0b567f8c-8f09-439b-b7f9-f12f0ae01480" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p class="FMHPS" id="toc-ata"><a href="../Text/Contents.xhtml#ATA"><span class="blue">About the author</span></a></p> <p class="PSCT" id="A01"><span class="bold">Meet Diane Hammond</span></p> <div class="C-IMGs"><img alt="" src="../Images/AUT.png"/></div> <p class="PSCOT"><span class="sc">DIANE HAMMOND </span>is the author of four published novels: <span class="ital">Hannah’s Dream, Seeing Stars, Going to Bend,</span> and <span class="ital">Homesick Creek,</span> all set primarily in the Pacific Northwest. A recipient of an Oregon Arts Commission literary grant, she made Oregon her home from 1984 to 2011, except for brief stints in Tacoma, Washington, and Los Angeles. She worked in public relations for twenty-five years, most recently acting as media liaison and spokesperson for Keiko, the killer whale star of the hit movie <span class="ital">Free Willy</span>. Then, after owning her own website design company for a dozen years, she shut down her business in spring 2011 and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where she and her husband share their home with three Pembroke Welsh corgis and a cat. <span><img alt="" src="../Images/EOL.png"/></span></p> <p class="PSCenter">Visit <a href="http://www.AuthorTracker.com"><span class="blue">www.AuthorTracker.com</span></a> for exclusive information on your favorite HarperCollins authors.</p> </body> </html>