Diane Dettmann

My blogs

Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	Award-Winning Author, Presenter and Educator
Location	Afton, MN, United States
Introduction	Widowed in 2000, I struggled to make sense of my life. With support and a lot of grief work, I carried the loving memories of my husband with me as a new life evolved. Hoping my grief story would help others, I reread my journal entries and began writing my memoir, Twenty-Eight Snow Angels: A Widow’s Story of Love, Loss and Renewal. Published in 2011, I have shared my story with many grief organizations and the book continues to offer hope to others. In 2012, I decided to try my hand at fiction. Three years later I released my award-winning historical fiction book, Courageous Footsteps: A WWII Novel. A year later, the sequel, Yasu’s Quest: A Tale of Triumph, was released. On Liberty's Wings, the third book in the award-winning series released 2017. These stories about the incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans in internment camps during WWII have opened people’s eyes to a piece of our country’s history seldom told.
Interests	reading, writing, walking, dancing, traveling, presenting
Favorite Movies	Slumdog Millionaire, Flashdance, Wedding Crashers, The Fuddruckers, RV
Favorite Music	Country Western, Rock and Roll, New Age
Favorite Books	Bird by Bird, Writing Down the Bones, Long Quiet Highway, Secret Life of Bees, Lucky Man, The Kite Runner, Under the Tuscan Sun, Grapes of Wrath, Girl With A Pearl Earring