Diana Friedman is an award-winning author whose writing​ has appeared in literary journals, newspapers, blogs, and popular press magazines. She covers a wide range of topics including environmental disasters, badly behaved children, international families, the Basque Country, honey bees and the humans who love them, and the sometimes futile search for the meaning of life. She writes a newsletter, Under the Red Pen, and is co-editing an anthology of short fiction from Maryland. Read more about Diana and her work here.

Diana is also a teacher, writing coach, and editor who very much enjoys helping people uncover and nurture their artistic and creative selves. She currently facilitates summer creative writing retreats in the Basque Pyrenees near San Sebastian, Spain, and winter and spring writing retreats at Zigbone Farm Retreat Center, an hour from Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.