Diane Fanning
| Diane Fanning | |
|---|---|
| Born | Diane Lynn Butcher 21 Juin Baltimore, Maryland |
| Thrift | Creeme writer; mystery novelist |
| Naitionality |  Unitit States |
| Period | 2000-present |
| Genre | Creeme fiction |
| Subject | True creeme |
| Notable warks | Mommy's Little Girl |
| Notable awairds | Edgar Award nomination |
| Wabsteid | |
| http://www.dianefanning.com/ | |
Diane Fanning is an American creeme writer who writes nanfiction an mystery novels.
Biografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]Early life an education
[eedit | eedit soorce]Fanning wis born Diane Lynn Butcher in Baltimore, Maryland. She attendit Perry Hall High School, then Lynchburg College in Virginia, whare she majored in chemistrie.
Career
[eedit | eedit soorce]Efter college, she wrote for the advertisin field, earnin mair nor 70 Addy Awards for her wirk. Durin that time, she wrote as a freelance writer.
Her career shiftit intae nanprofit wirk wi a muive tae New Braunfels, Texas. Fanning wirkit for fundraisin groups, includin Anither Way Texas Shares[1] an the Naitional Association for Choice in Giein. She began her first beuk while livin in Texas. She is co-foonder o Women in Crime Ink,[2] describit bi the Wall Street Journal as "a blog worth readin."[3]
Her beuk Written in Blood receivit an Edgar Award nomination.[4]
In 2002, Fanning correspondit wi serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells, who, in a letter tae her, confessed tae murtherin 10-year-auld Joel Kirkpatrick, whose mither haed been convictit o killin her son. Fanning's testimony afore a preeson review buird aboot the letter, accordin tae the Innocence Project, Fanning's beuk, Through the Window, which details Sells' creeme spree, wis said tae help pruive Harper's innocence an aw.[5] In 2011, Fanning wis gien the Defenders o the Innocent Award bi the Illinois Innocence Project for gettin the confession frae Sells.[6]
Fanning haes been interviewed for CBS's "48 Hours Mystery" in November 2009 an Investigation Discovery in 2010 an 2011.[7] CBS's "Crimesider" column featurt her in a story aboot the Casey Anthony case.[8]
Personal life
[eedit | eedit soorce]Diane an Wayne Fanning hae three childer: Pete Fanning, Ivy Johnson an Liz Nichols.
Awairds
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 2001: Freedom Fighter Award, Naitional Alliance for Choice in Giein[9]
- 2011: Defenders o the Innocent Award, Illinois Innocence Project[10]
Beuks
[eedit | eedit soorce]Fiction
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Bite the Moon (Molly Mullet mystery; Five Star, 2007)
- The Trophy Exchange (Lucinda Pierce mystery; Severn House, 2008)
- Punish the Deed (Lucinda Pierce mystery; Severn House, 2009)
- Mistaken Identity (Lucinda Pierce mystery; Severn House, 2010)
- Twisted Reason (4t Lucinda Pierce mysery series; released in the UK. Severn House, Sept 2010)[11]
Nan-fiction
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Red Boots & Attitude wi Susie Kelly Flatau (Eakin Press, 2002)
- Through the Window (serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells; St. Martin's Press, 2003)
- Into the Water (serial killer Richard Evonitz; St. Martin's Press, 2004)
- Written in Blood (Kathleen Peterson murder; St. Martin's Press, 2005)
- Baby Be Mine (Bobbie Jo Stinnett murder; St. Martin's Press, 2006)
- Gone Forever (Susan McFarland murder; St. Martin's Press, 2006)
- Under the Knife (Dean Faiello case; St. Martin's Press, 2007)
- Out There (Lisa Nowak case; St. Martin's Press, 2007)
- The Pastor's Wife (Matthew Winkler murder; St. Martin's Press, 2008)
- A Poisoned Passion (Wendi Mae Davidson case, St. Martin's Press, 2009)
- Mommy's Little Girl (Casey Anthony case; St. Martin's Press, 2009)
- Her Deadly Web (Raynella Dossett Leath case; St. Martin's Press, 2012)
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Ball, Andrea (16 October 2005). "Charity workers also adventurers, athletes, writers". Austin American-Statesman.
Diane Fanning, who works with the nonprofit fundraising group Another Way Texas Shares, spends her time writing true crime books.
- ↑ Contributor, Women in Crime Ink
- ↑ Wall Street Journal article featuring Women in Crime Ink
- ↑ Listing, MacMillan Books, Edgar Award nomination
- ↑ "Illinois Times, "Who Killed Joel?" October 2003". Archived frae the original on 18 Mey 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ↑ Downstate Illinois Innocence Project site, "Events," April 25, 2011
- ↑ "Book 'Em: Mommy's Little Girl -- Casey Anthony and her Daughter Caylee's Tragic Fate," "48 Hours Mystery," November 9, 2009
- ↑ 48 Hours' "Crimesiders," "Book 'Em: Mommy's Little Girl -- Casey Anthony and her Daughter Caylee's Tragic Fate," Nov. 9, 2009
- ↑ Award listing, National Alliance for Choice in Giving, Austin Chronicle
- ↑ The State Journal-Register, "3 honored by Downstate Innocence Project," May 16, 2011
- ↑ Twisted Reason (Lucinda Pierce), September 2010