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Diane Dawson Hearn

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Born

Galveston, Texas

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http://www.dianedawsonhearn.com

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Children's Books

Member Since

January 2010

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I have been writing stories and drawing pictures for them ever since I learned how to write. I decided early on that I wanted to write and illustrate children's books when I grew up.

When I got older I went to college, first at the Rhode Island School of Design and then at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Upon graduating, I began my career in illustration.

I kept writing and had my story, Dad's Dinosaur Day published by Macmillan, soon followed by Bad Luck Boswell. Though I'm still primarily an illustrator, I still enjoy writing and hope to publish another story in the near future. ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 669 ratings · 98 reviews · 59 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dad's Dinosaur Day 3.59 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	North Pole South Pole by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Diane Dawson Hearn (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Luck Boswell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anna in the Garden 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Pirate Ship (Cuddle Cottage Books) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Lives in the Lake? liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Lives in the Forest? (Boardbook) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Muppet Babies' Mother Goose 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1985	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Lives in the Field?/Board Book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Lives in the Garden?/Board Book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Diane rated a book really liked it The Child Thief by Brom (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I went into this somewhat resistant to the retelling of a story I've had fondness for since I first saw Mary Martin fly as Peter Pan on my black and white tv as a child. I had never read the original book, though, and after reading Brom's essay about ...more
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I tend to be a sentimentalist so while I enjoyed this book, I also felt manipulated a LOT. I could predict where some of the stories were going because they were so cliché, so even while I was tearing up I was also groaning at times. I felt the autho ...more
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Diane rated a book liked it All Is Not LOST: How I Friended Failure on the Island and Found a Way Home by Shannon Kenny Carbonell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As a huge fan of the popular series, LOST, I found out about this book while listening to a podcast about the show. From the interview with Shannon, I knew the main thrust of the memoir would be about her own struggles, though I was hoping there migh ...more
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Diane and 3 other people liked Aaron's review of All Is Not LOST: How I Friended Failure on the Island and Found a Way Home: "So, I believe similarly to many other people who will end up reading this book, I was hooked in by the Nestor and LOST connection. And as it began I was really digging it. Who can't relate to personal failure and not meeting life's expectations? Many" Read more of this review »
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