Diana Y. Paul is the award-winning author of THINGS UNSAID, her debut novel (SheWrites Press: 2015). WINNER of the 2016 SILVER Medal for Best Fiction in Drama from Readers Favorites and WINNER for BEST NEW ADULT FICTION from Beverly Hills Book Awards for 2016, THINGS UNSAID is ranked #2 in the "Top 14 Books about Families Crazier Than Yours" (https://www.brit.co/dysfunctional-family-books/ ). Diana has also written three books on Buddhism, one of which has been translated into Japanese and German (Women in Buddhism, University of California Press). She is a former professor at Stanford University in Buddhist Studies and the role of women in religion and culture. Writing is a form of meditation for her.Diana was born in Akron, Ohio and is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in both psychology and philosophy and a Ph.D in Buddhist Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her short stories have appeared in a number of literary journals and she is currently working on a second novel, A Perfect Match. She lives in Carmel, CA with her husband and loves to create mixed media art, focusing on printmaking. Her art has been exhibited in California, Hawaii, and Japan. Whenever possible, Diana and her husband love to visit their adult daughter and her family in San Francisco and their son in Los Angeles. To learn more about her and her work, visit her author website at http://www.dianaypaul.com, her blog on movies, art, and food at http://www.unhealedwound.com or follow her on Twitter: @DianaPaul10.