Diana Wieler Explained

Diana Wieler (born October 14, 1961) is a Canadian writer of children's books.^[1]

The daughter of Jean Florence Zebrasky and Heinz Egon Petrich,^[2] she was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was educated there and in Calgary, Alberta. She attended the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, taking a program in media arts. She worked in radio in Calgary and then for a newspaper in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She returned to Winnipeg where she now lives.^[3]

She married Larry Wieler; the couple has one son.^[4]

Selected books

• Last Chance Summer (1986)
• Bad Boy (1991), received the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature and the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award^[4]
• RanVan the Defender (1993), received a Mr. Christie's Book Award^[4]
• RanVan: A Worthy Opponent (1995), was a finalist for a Governor General's Award^[5]
• To the Mountains By Morning (1995)

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Notes and References

1. Book: The Storymakers: Writing Children's Books : 83 Authors Talk about Their Work . 160–61 . 2000 . Canadian Children's Book Centre . 1551381087.
2. Book: New, William H . Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada . 1212–13 . 2002 . Springer . 0802007619.
3. Web site: Diana Wieler . Kaleidoscope 6.
4. Book: Holmes, Gillian . Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999-2000 . 1078 . 1999 . University of Toronto Press . 0920966551.
5. Canada Council Announces Finalists for 1995 Governor General's Literary Awards . CM Magazine . II . 3 . November 3, 1995 . Manitoba Library Association.