Diane Thomas
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About Diane ThomasDiane Thomas holds a BA in English from Georgia State University, an MFA in Theater and Film History and Criticism from Columbia University and studied in the Creative Writing MFA program at Georgia State University. She has worked as film critic, theatre critic and entertainment editor for The Atlanta Constitution, a feature writer for Atlanta magazine and a freelance writer and editor. THE YEAR THE MUSIC CHANGED, which received a starred review from Library Journal and was a Book Sense “Notable Book” for September, 2005, is her first published novel. An earlier manuscript of her current novel-in-progress was nominated for the Pushcart Editors’ Award. A lifelong resident of Atlanta and north Georgia and part-time resident of the Florida panhandle, she recently relocated with her husband to Santa Fe, New Mexico. APPEARANCES 12/3/11 - Baca Street Arts Festival. Reading from IN WILDERNESS, my novel-in-progress, at Op Cit Book Store, 930-C Baca Street, Santa Fe, from 5 to 7 p.m. 10/02/11 - New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival, Santa Fe, NM 05/13/11 - Book Group on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM 11/17/09 – Santa Fe Women’s Club, Santa Fe, NM 11/12/09 – Vista Grande Public Library, Santa Fe, NM 11/17/07 – Atlanta Writers Club, Atlanta, GA 10/20/07 – Gwinnett Reading Festival, Lawrenceville, GA 10/11/07 – Lettuce Read Book Group, Big Canoe, GA 08/14/07 – Graceland Bookstore, Memphis, TN 08/13/07 – Elvis Expo ’07, Memphis, TN 10/05/06 – Big Canoe book club, Jasper, GA 09/03/06 – Decatur Festival of Books, Decatur, GA 06/18/06 – Ga. Writers Annual Awards Dinner, Best First Novel shortlist nominee, Atlanta, GA 06/03/06 – Garden Party Book Luncheon, Palmetto, GA 05/31/06 – First United Methodist Church book group, Cumming, GA 05/15-06 – Townsend Fiction Prize luncheon, shortlisted for prize, Atlanta, GA 03/01/06 – Wild BEAR Book Club, Eastpoint, FL 02/16/06 – Keynote for Ft. Walton Beach Authors’ Fair, Ft. Walton Beach, FL [Cancelled due to influenza epidemic.] 02/06/06 – Franklin County Library benefit luncheon, Eastpoint, FL 12/08/05 – East Side Barnes and Noble, New York, NY 12/07/05 – Publisher’s sales meeting (The Toby Press), New York, NY 12/01/05 – Atlanta Press Club Holiday Authors Party, Atlanta, GA 11/21/05 – Georgia Tech Barnes and Noble, Atlanta, GA 11/18/05 – Malaprops book shop, Asheville, NC 11/13/05 - The Open Book, Greenville, SC 11/12/05 – Mercer University Annual Authors Luncheon, Atlanta, GA 11/03/05 – Landmark Books, Franklin,TN 10/15/05 – Intown Barnes and Noble, Atlanta, GA 10/13/05 – Athens Promenade Barnes and Noble, Athens, GA 10/07/05 – Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN 10/04/05 – Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur Library, Decatur, GA 09/22/05 – Pickens County Library, Jasper, GA 09/21/05 – Bent Tree Community book signing, Bent Tree, GA 09/17/05 – Southeastern Booksellers Association (SEBA) convention, Winston-Salem, NC 09/08/05 – Book Launch, Ctr. for Southern Literature (Margaret Mitchell House), Atlanta, GA 08/15/05 – Pre-pub talk, Bent Tree Book Club, Bent Tree, GA |
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