Diana López

Diana López is the award-winning middle grade author of Confetti Girl, Ask My Mood Ring How I Feel, and Nothing Up My Sleeve (Little Brown Books for Young Readers). Lucky Luna, also available in a Spanish-language edition Luna Fortuna (Scholastic), has been optioned by Sonar Entertainment. Her thrilling Los Monstruos middle grade series is new from Penguin/Kokila, beginning with Felice and the Wailing Woman and followed by Rooster and the Dancing Diablo in summer 2024 (both also now available in Spanish paperback editions!).

Diana’s debut picture book  Sing with Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla and Spanish edition Canta Conmigo: La historia de Selena Quintanilla, illustrated by Teresa Martínez, translated by Carmen Tafolla (Penguin/Dial), celebrates the life and legacy of the beloved Queen of Tejano music. It was named a Best Book of the Year by A Mighty Girl, New York Public Library, and Bank Street College and received starred reviews from School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews!

Diana had the honor of writing the original middle grade novel, COCO: A Story About Music, Shoes and Family, in collaboration with Pixar’s Oscar-winning animated film. Diana’s young adult novel, Choke (Scholastic), was made into an original Lifetime Movie “The Choking Game” directed by Emmy-Award winning producer/director Lane Shefter-Bishop.  Her adult writing includes Sofia’s Saints (Bilingual Review Press) and anthologies Hecho en Tejas, You Don’t Have a Clue, and Living Beyond Borders. She has been a guest on NPR’s Latino USA and is the winner of the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award and the William Allen White Award. She is the former editor of Huizache: The Magazine of Latino Literature and taught literature and creative writing at the University of Houston-Victoria.  Diana lives in Corpus Christi, Texas and is currently the President of the Texas Institute of Letters.

Visit her on the web http://www.dianalopezbooks.com/, or follow her on Instagram/twitter @dianalopezbooks

Praise for Sing with Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla:

“Will inspire anyone who dreams of a career in the performing arts.” —School Library Journal STARRED REVIEW

“Worthy, sparkling.” — Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW