Diana Raab

Diana Raab
Diana Raab.
Born	May 7, 1954 (1954-05-07) (age 57) Brooklyn, New York
Occupation	Writer, lecturer
Nationality	American
Citizenship	American
Subjects	Memoir, Poetry
Notable award(s)	Winner: 2009 Next Generation Indie Award for Poetry [1] Anais Nin: My Life in Poems for You; Winner: Anais Nin: My Life in Poems for You, Reader Views Annual Literary Awards, Poetry Category and Allbooks Review Poetry Book Award. Winner: Regina's Closet: Finding My Grandmother's Secret Journal, 2009 Mom's Choice Award for Best Adult Nonfiction and 2008 National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) for Memoir; Winner: Getting Pregnant and Staying Pregnant: Overcoming Infertility and High Risk Pregnancy, Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Health and Wellness Book, 1992.[2]
dianaraab.com

Diana Raab is an American writer, and lecturer.

Personal life

Raab was born in Brooklyn, New York (1954). She currently resides in Santa Barbara, California. She teaches in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, lecturing on journaling.

Education

• 1977 B.S. Health Administration and Journalism, Cortland State University, New York
• 1982 R.N. Vanier College, Montreal, Canada
• 2003 MFA in Writing, Low Residency Program, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky

Works

Raab’s work has been published in literary magazines such as The Writer, Writers’ Journal, Rosebud, Litchfield Review, The Tonopah Review, The Louisville Review, Palo Alto Review, The Rambler, and Red River Review, Alehouse, Poetica, Oracle and Chest. Her books, other than her first book, have been published by subsidized presses and have received prizes reserved for such presses.

Selected bibliography

• Raab, Diana Writers and Their Notebooks, editor. Foreword by Phillip Lopate. University of South Carolina Press, 2010. (ISBN 978-1-57003-866-2 softcover; ISBN 978-1-57003-865-5 hardcover)
• Raab, Diana. Your High Risk Pregnancy: A Practical and Supportive Guide. Hunter House. 2009. (ISBN 978-0897935203)
• Raab, Diana. The Guilt Gene: Poems. Plain View Press. 2008. (ISBN 978-1935514398)
• Raab, Diana. Getting Pregnant and Staying Pregnant: Overcoming Infertility and High Risk Pregnancy. Hunter House (1991, 1999, 2009). (ISBN 978-0897-932-387)
• Raab, Diana. My Muse Undresses Me. Pudding House Publications (2007). (ISBN 158-998-5354)
• Raab, Diana. Regina's Closet: Finding My Grandmother's Secret Journal. Beaufort Books (2007). (ISBN 978-0-8253-0575-7)
• Raab, Diana. Dear Anais: My Life in Poems for You. Plain View Press (2008). (ISBN 978-1-891386-41-1)

References

1. ^ http://www.indiebookawards.com/2009_winners_and_finalists.php
2. ^ http://www.ibpa-online.org/pubresources/benfrank.aspx

External links

• Official website
• AuthorsDen
• California Readers (interview)
• UCLA Writers' Program
• Red Room
• She Writes
• Plain View Press
• Pudding House Publications

Persondata
Name	Raab, Diana
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1954-05-07
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York
Date of death
Place of death