I'm not sure who my influences are, but some of my favorite authors these days (in no particular order) are Ann Patchett, Jeffrey Eugenides, Curtis Sittenfeld, Donna Tartt, Joy Williams, and Rebecca Curtis.

I received my MFA degree in creative writing from the University of Montana. After that, I was a Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose State University and the writer-in-residence at Portsmouth Abbey School. I've won some writing awards, too, including the Chris O'Malley Fiction Prize from the Madison Review.

Diana Spechler, Author of Who By Fire
This is the website all about my first novel, Who By Fire, which will be published by Harper Perennial in September 2008.

HarperCollins Author Tracker
This is part of the HarperCollins website; it provides extra information about me.