Diane Amos (1946 - )

Genre: Romance Novel, General Fiction

Diane Amos (born 30 Dec. 1946), an established Maine artist, lives with her husband in Greene, Maine, with a cat and a dog. They have four grown children. Amos says that she had never considered writing books until she went with one of her art students to a meeting of the Maine Chapter of the Romance Writers of America.

Her first novel, titled Getting Personal (2003), features Monique St. Cyr, an impulsive obituary writer in Maine whose erotic-fiction-writing mother gets her involved in a research project meeting men online. The sequel, Mixed Blessings (2004), follows Monique's relationship with her old-fashioned Aunt Lily, who moves in next door after Monique's mother leaves on a 3-month honeymoon. Other titles are Winner Takes All (2005), about a man and woman vying to win a lottery contest; A Long Walk Home (2005), in which Annie agrees to have her sister's 13-year-old daughter come live with her in Maine, but is unprepared for the wild girl in black and body piercings who drives a wedge between Annie, her lover, and her friends; and a historical novel, Outlaw Hearts (2007), in which 24-yr-old Rebekah travels from England to find out more about her deceased parents, who were once missionaries in Maine.

Amos's website has a little biographical information, a short excerpt from Getting Personal, images of her paintings, and information on her upcoming booksignings.


Last Update: 02/22/2009

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