Diane Fanning

**Diane Fanning** is an American creeme writer who writes nanfiction an mystery novels.

## Biografie
### Early life an education
Fanning wis born Diane Lynn Butcher in Baltimore, Maryland. She attendit Perry Hall High School, then Lynchburg College in Virginia, whare she majored in chemistrie.

### Career
Efter college, she wrote for the advertisin field, earnin mair nor 70 Addy Awards for her wirk. Durin that time, she wrote as a freelance writer.

Her career shiftit intae nanprofit wirk wi a muive tae New Braunfels, Texas. Fanning wirkit for fundraisin groups, includin Anither Way Texas Shares an the Naitional Association for Choice in Giein. She began her first beuk while livin in Texas. She is co-foonder o Women in Crime Ink, describit bi the *[[Wall Street Journal]]* as "a blog worth readin."

Her beuk *Written in Blood* receivit an Edgar Award nomination.

In 2002, Fanning correspondit wi serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells, who, in a letter tae her, confessed tae murtherin 10-year-auld Joel Kirkpatrick, whose mither haed been convictit o killin her son. Fanning's testimony afore a preeson review buird aboot the letter, accordin tae the Innocence Project, Fanning's beuk, *Through the Window*, which details Sells' creeme spree, wis said tae help pruive Harper's innocence an aw. In 2011, Fanning wis gien the Defenders o the Innocent Award bi the Illinois Innocence Project for gettin the confession frae Sells.

Fanning haes been interviewed for CBS's "48 Hours Mystery" in November 2009 an Investigation Discovery in 2010 an 2011. CBS's "Crimesider" column featurt her in a story aboot the Casey Anthony case.

### Personal life
Diane an Wayne Fanning hae three childer: Pete Fanning, Ivy Johnson an Liz Nichols.

## Awairds
*2001: Freedom Fighter Award, Naitional Alliance for Choice in Giein
*2011: Defenders o the Innocent Award, Illinois Innocence Project

## Beuks
### Fiction
**Bite the Moon* (Molly Mullet mystery; Five Star, 2007)
**The Trophy Exchange* (Lucinda Pierce mystery; Severn House, 2008)
**Punish the Deed* (Lucinda Pierce mystery; Severn House, 2009)
**Mistaken Identity* (Lucinda Pierce mystery; Severn House, 2010)
**Twisted Reason* (4t Lucinda Pierce mysery series; released in the UK. Severn House, Sept 2010)

### Nan-fiction
**Red Boots & Attitude* wi Susie Kelly Flatau (Eakin Press, 2002)
**Through the Window* (serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells; St. Martin's Press, 2003)
**Into the Water* (serial killer Richard Evonitz; St. Martin's Press, 2004)
**Written in Blood* (Kathleen Peterson murder; St. Martin's Press, 2005)
**Baby Be Mine* (Bobbie Jo Stinnett murder; St. Martin's Press, 2006)
**Gone Forever* (Susan McFarland murder; St. Martin's Press, 2006)
**Under the Knife* (Dean Faiello case; St. Martin's Press, 2007)
**Out There* (Lisa Nowak case; St. Martin's Press, 2007)
**[[:en:The Pastor's Wife (book)|The Pastor's Wife]]* (Matthew Winkler murder; St. Martin's Press, 2008)
**A Poisoned Passion* (Wendi Mae Davidson case, St. Martin's Press, 2009)
**[[:en:Mommy's Little Girl|Mommy's Little Girl]]* (Casey Anthony case; St. Martin's Press, 2009)
**Her Deadly Web* (Raynella Dossett Leath case; St. Martin's Press, 2012)

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Diane Fanning's blog on Amazon.com
*Offeecial Wabsteid
*Author's "Writing is a Crime" blog
*St. Martin's Press author bio
*''Publishers Weekly'' "Double Duty for Fanning," (scroll down), Nov. 16, 2007