Diane Sawyer grew up in Greenport, Long Island. She graduated from SUNY at Albany, Seton Hall University, and Fordham University, where she received a Ph. D. She now resides in St. Petersburg, Florida, with her husband, Robert. Her short stories have won awards. Her novels have been published internationally. She is a frequent guest speaker at writing groups and workshops.
The Tell-Tale Treasure is Diane's first novel for SYP, Southern Yellow Pine Publishing. Others will soon follow. Her five previous novels-The Montauk Mystery, The Montauk Steps, The Tomoka Mystery, The Cinderella Murders, and The Treasures of Montauk Cove-were published originally in hardcover by Avalon, then in paperback by World Wide Mysteries, and recently in hardcover, paperback, and e-book by Thomas & Mercer, the mystery division of Amazon.
When not writing, Diane volunteers as a docent at the Dalí Museum. She also serves as Secretary of the Friends of the South Community Library in St. Petersburg. Diane loves fitness, adventure traveling, meeting people, and spending time with her family.