Diana Barker Price Writer

Snowflakes to Sunshine
After surviving four freezing cloudy winters at the University of Michigan studying Art
History and English Literature, Diana vowed never to wear another parka or live under an
overcast sky. So she drove across the country to Los Angeles and discovered a land
without mosquitoes!

World of Stories
Writing stories and creating characters are two threads that weave through much of Diana's
world. In every event she sees the possibility for a story. With every interaction she feels
the emotions of a potential character. Her stories have taken many forms: poems, books,
newspaper articles and movies. Diana enjoys the puzzles within each format that challenge
her to come up with creative solutions.

In the Moment
Diana is currently writing a middle grade novel about a 12 year-old girl who reinvents
herself as a tango champion through a series of lies. Her children's poem "Lake Days" was
published in the July/August 2009 issue of Jack and Jill Magazine and was illustrated by
the talented Bob Ostrom.

Playing Along
When Diana wrote and developed programming, exhibit text and activities for the
California Science Center, she discovered how learning can become a story where you
play along as the main character. Click here to see where Andy Sklar, the clever illustrator,
thought it was funny to draw a cartoon Diana into her activity. Diana has also written over
70 fictionalized newspaper stories about children for the Los Angeles Times Summer
Camp Fund, a program that raises money to send children to summer camp.

Hollywood
Diana has worked on eight sold studio screenplays as a story, plot and character editor,
including the produced dance movie, Take the Lead with Antonio Banderas. She has also
edited books, including Strange Son by Portia Iverson, about Portia's journey to reach her
autistic son and speed up the pace of autism research.