Diane Simmons

​About Diane 

Diane Simmons is the author of numerous award-winning works of fiction, non-fiction, journalism, and criticism. 

 

A Westerner and former newspaper and magazine reporter in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska, Simmons holds a BA in history, an MA in Creative Writing, and a Ph.D. in English literature. She is Professor Emerita at City University of New York and a former Fulbright Fellow to the Czech Republic.

 

Diane is active with Maplewood, NJ Democrats, Third Act New Jersey, and  the PEN American Center Prison Writing Committee.  She is a reading panel member at  Hippocampus Magazine.

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