Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Author's Website
Biography
Dian Curtis Regan is the author of 60 books for young readers, ranging from picture books for toddlers to novels for teens. Popular and recent titles include: Princess Nevermore, Monster of the Month Club, the Ghost Twins series, Barnyard Slam, The Snow Blew Inn, Monster Baby, and Rocky Cave Kids. Coming next year is a beginning reader series called SpaceBoy. Visit her website at http://diancurtisregan.com
Awards/Honors
"Mommies" - American Booksellers Assn. (ABA) "Pick of the List" & Children's Book of the Month Club selection
"Daddies" - Children's Book of the Month Club selection
"The Thirteen Hours of Halloween" - Finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award
"A Sparkly Christmas Eve" - Children's Book of the Month Club selection
"CyberPals According to Kaley" - Junior Library Guild selection
"The World According to Kaley" - Finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award
"The Friendship of Milly & Tug" - Junior Guild selection; Children's Literature Choice Book; Los Angeles Times' Recommended book; New York Public Library's "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing"; Winner of the Muse Medallion from the Cat Writers' Associatio
"The Curse of the Trouble Dolls" - Oklahoma Book Award finalist; Maryland Children's Book Award nominee
"Monsters in CyberSpace" - South Dakota Children's Book Award nominee; Maryland Children's Book Award nominee; Rhode Island Children's Book Award nominee
"Princess Nevermore" - Junior Library Guild selection; Oklahoma Book Award finalist; Oklahoma YA Sequoyah Award nominee; Maryland Children's Book Award nominee
"The Initiation" - 1994 Oklahoma Cherubim Award; 1995 International Reading Association's YA Choice Award
"Game of Survival" - 1990 ALA/YASD Recommended book for reluctant readers; 1990 Oklahoma Cherubim Award
"I've Got Your Number" - 1987 International Reading Association's Children's Choice Award
"Soul Stories: Thirteen Stories about Faith and Belief" - Junior Library Guild Selection
"Dirty Laundry" - 1999 Best Book for the Teen Age, NY Public Library; 1999 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers
Local Authors Genres
Published Works
Dear Dr. Sillybear (Henry Holt, 1997)
Mommies (Scholastic Cartwheel, 1996)
Daddies (Scholastic Cartwheel, 1996)
Peek-a-Boo Zoo (Silver Castle Books, 2007)
Nice Catch (Silver Castle Books, 2007)
I Know God is Near (Simon & Schuster (Little Simon), 2006)
How Do I Know It's Easter? (Simon & Schuster (Little Simon), 2004)
A Sparkly Christmas Eve (Simon & Schuster (Little Simon), 2002)
Eight Nights of Chanukah Lights (Simon & Schuster (Little Simon), 2002)
SpaceBoy and his Sister (working title)(Boyd's Mills Press, 2015)
How Do I Know It's Halloween? (Simon & Schuster (Little Simon), 2002)
SpaceBoy and the Space Pirates (working title)(Boyd's Mills Press, 2016)
SpaceBoy (working title)(Boyd's Mills Press, 2017)
CyberPals According to Kaley (Darby Creek Publishers, 2006)
The Curse of the Trouble Dolls (Henry Holt & Co., 1992)
Monster of the Month Club (Scholastic Bookclub, 1994)
Monsters in the Attic (Scholastic Bookclub, 1995)
The Mystery of Kickingbird Lake (Ghost Twin series #1)(Scholastic, 1994)
The Mystery of One Wish Pond (Ghost Twin series #2)(Scholastic, 1994)
The Mystery of Walrus Mountain (Ghost Twin series #3)(Scholastic, 1995)
The Mystery of the Disappearing Dogs (Ghost Twin series #5)(Scholastic, 1995)
The Haunted Campground Mystery (Ghost Twin series #6)(Scholastic, 1995)
The Mystery at Hanover School (Ghost Twin series #7)(Scholastic, 1995)
The Kissing Contest (Scholastic Apple, 1990)
Liver Cookies (Scholastic Apple, 1991)
My Zombie Valentine (Scholastic Apple, 1993)
The Vampire Who Came for Christmas (Scholastic Apple, 1993)
Fangs-Giving (Scholastic Apple, 1996)
The Initiation (Avon Books, 1993)
Jilly's Ghost (Avon Books, 1990)
Game of Survival (Avon Books, 1989)
The Perfect Age (Avon Books, 1987)
I've Got Your Number (Avon Books, 1986)
This Family is Driving Me Crazy: Ten Stories about Surviving Your Family (contr…
Unexpected: 11 Mysterious Stories (contributing author)(Scholastic, 2005)
First Crossing: Stories about Teen Immigrants (contributing author)(Candlewick,…
What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music (contributing author)(Knopf,…
Period Pieces: Stories for Girls (contributing author)(HarperCollins, 2003)
Soul Stories: Thirteen Stories about Faith and Belief (contributing author)(Sim…
Shattered: Stories of Children and War (contributing author)(Knopf, 2002)
Dirty Laundry (contributing author)(Viking, 1998)
New Year, New Love (contributing author)(Avon, 1996)
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