Diane Kane

Author Diane Kane measures her success by the friends she’s made along the way.

Kane is one of the founding members of Quabbin Quill’s non-profit writers’ group. Q.Q. has published six anthologies to date that include works by aspiring writers and offers scholarships to writing students. Kane also teaches writing workshops and facilitates writing groups.

Her short stories appear in several Red Penguin Publications, including her award-winning short story historical fiction piece, “Ernest Lived,” which was the basis for I Never Called Him Pa. In addition, she has multiple stories published in Monadnock Underground and numerous other print anthologies and online magazines.

She is the publisher and co-author of Flash in the Can Number One and Number Two, short stories to read wherever you go. In addition, Kane writes public interest articles for Uniquely Quabbin magazine and local newspapers and professional reviews for Readers’ Favorite.

Kane’s first children’s book, Don Gateau the Three-Legged Cat of Seborga, published in English, Spanish, French, and Italian, won the Purple Dragonfly Awards for Best Illustrations and Caring/Making a Difference in 2020.

Her second children’s book, Brayden the Brave Goes to the Hospital, published in April 2021, won the Purple Dragonfly awards for Best Illustrations and Health Topics. It is featured at Boston Children’s Hospital and is helping children and families in children’s hospitals across the country.

She lives in a small rural town in Western Massachusetts and spends her summers on the rocky shores of Maine chasing her dreams of writing. I Never Called Him Pa is Kane’s first novel, but hopefully not her last. She sits patiently by her keyboard, awaiting new characters to talk to her.