Diana Forbes
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Diana Forbes

Romance Historical Fiction Young Adult
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Diana Forbes is an historical fiction author who is passionate about old New York, ancestry, and untold stories. She is a ninth-generation American, with ancestors on both sides of the Civil War. Diana Forbes lives and writes in Manhattan. When she is not cribbing chapters, Diana Forbes loves to explore the buildings where her nineteenth-century American ancestors lived, loved, survived and thrived. She is passionate about vintage clothing, antique furniture, ancestry, and vows to master the quadrille in her lifetime. Diana Forbes’s Publication History: 1. "Mistress Suffragette" (Penmore Press, 2017) is available in paperback and Kindle versions at Amazon. 2. “Temptation,” a chapter from the sequel to Mistress Suffragette, was published in the Saturday Evening Post’s “Great American Fiction” Contest anthology of winners in January 2017. 3. A selection from Mistress Suffragette won 1st Prize in Women’s Fiction in the Missouri Romance Writers of America “Gateway to the Best” Contest. 4. Garcia Memorial Prize, 2018 "Best Fiction Book of the Year." 5. Mistress Suffragette won 1st place, Best Romance, 2018 Reader Views Awards. 6. 2018 North East Regional Award Winner, Reader Views Awards. 7. Mistress Suffragette won 1st Place in the 2016 Chatelaine Award, in the “Romantic and Sensual” category. 8. Won the 2017 Book Excellence Award for "Romance." 9. Awarded the Silver 2017 North American Book Award for "History." 10. Awarded the Silver, 2017 NYC Big Book Awards, "Historical Fiction." 11. Finalist in the Wisconsin RWA “Fab Five” contest in “Women’s Fiction.” 12. Shortlisted in the 2016 Chanticleer Somerset Award for “Literary Fiction.” 13. Shelf Unbound, 2018 Best Indie Book—Notable Indie 14. Kirkus Best Indies Books of 2017 Starred Kirkus Review: "The book feels like it was written at the time, reading like an alternate, feminist take on The House of Mirth’s “well-born lady in reduced circumstances” with a decidedly happier ending. A sprightly, winning historical novel about an unexpected romance—between a young woman and her own power".
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