Nadia Garnier

Nadia Garnier was born in 1980 in the eclectic suburb of Takoma Park, Maryland. Her writing career began at the age of 9 with her first children's book "The Little Mermaid," an adventure story of a young mermaid and her sea creature friends, created through a school writing program. Raised happily with her four older siblings by parents of St. Lucian and Guyanese descent, she developed a flair for depicting themes of small island ideals and family values in her writing. Nadia continued to write and to collect her stories without an outlet, until she founded her own independent production company, Red Diamond Films, Inc. in 2003. Once she completed her bachelor's degree in Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics in the biological sciences at the University of Maryland, she was able to shift her focus. She began to use her film production company as a vehicle for the many stories she had written over the years.

In 2004, Nadia made her first short film and published a book of poetry and artwork entitled, "My Soul On Paper." By 2007, she had written, produced and directed six short

films. All of her short films have successfully garnered attention. Her debut short film, "Fanatic," received three official selections at foreign film festivals. Her animated short,

"New Numa," won 14th place; a monetary prize, surpassing hundreds of competing entries in a youtube.com short competition. Ouat Media, Inc. began distributing three of her short films after a successful pitch at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Finally, her most recent film, an action-packed horror/thriller about a mysterious late night attacker at a local laundromat entitled 'Washing," is currently touring the film festival circuit.

Nadia now lives in California since 2008. While taking a break between making short films and launching the campaign to fund her first feature film, she is currently working on transforming some of her favorite short stories into children's books. In 2013, she launched the publishing arm of Red Diamond Films, Inc., Red Diamond Literary, in order to share the stories closest to her heart with children of all ages. Slated to be released by 2016, her next two titles are currently in production: 1) "The Littlest Light," a story about the bravery of a small glowing light who risks it all to save a friend, and 2) "One Night in the Land of Nod," a tale of a mischievous little boy who happens upon a secret gathering of fairies only to find that he is the guest of honor. Find out more at NadiaGarnier.com

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