Diana Wieler

Diana Wieler (born October 14, 1961) is a Canadian writer of children's books.[1]

The daughter of Jean Florence Zebrasky and Heinz Egon Petrich,[2] she was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was educated there and in Calgary, Alberta. She attended the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, taking a program in media arts. She worked in radio in Calgary and then for a newspaper in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She returned to Winnipeg where she now lives.[3][4]

She married Larry Wieler; the couple has one son.[3]

Selected books[4]

• Last Chance Summer (1986)
• Bad Boy (1991), received the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature and the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award[3]
• RanVan the Defender (1993), received a Mr. Christie's Book Award[3]
• RanVan: A Worthy Opponent (1995), was a finalist for a Governor General's Award[5]
• To the Mountains By Morning (1995)

References

1. The Storymakers: Writing Children's Books : 83 Authors Talk about Their Work. Canadian Children's Book Centre. 2000. pp. 160–61. ISBN 1551381087.
2. New, William H (2002). Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. pp. 1212–13. ISBN 0802007619.
3. Holmes, Gillian (1999). Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999-2000. p. 1078. ISBN 0920966551.
4. "Diana Wieler". Kaleidoscope 6.
5. "Canada Council Announces Finalists for 1995 Governor General's Literary Awards". CM Magazine. Manitoba Library Association. II (3). November 3, 1995.