Diana Laurence has been writing for four decades. She published her first fiction at age thirteen in 'Teen magazine, and since then her work as appeared in such diverse publications as The Lutheran Witness, Beckett Hockey Monthly, and Suite. In 1998 she published her first full-length work, a self-help book entitled Living Beyond Reality: A Jungian Primer for Enhancing Your Life, and a contemporary romance novel called The Resurrection of Captain Eternity.

After four years of dedicating herself to the publication of a weekly ezine of hockey humor, "Hockey Snacks," Diana went back to writing fiction. Since 2004, she has made a name for herself writing her brand of tasteful erotic romance, dubbed "erotic with soul." Her first collection, Soulful Sex: Erotic Tales of Fantasy and Romance, was an Eppie Finalist and Amazon bestseller. Subsequent collections, and her novel Souls' Embrace, have been recognized by many awards and critical acclaim.

In 2006, with the closing of her publisher, Diana chose to republish her back list under her own small publishing house, Living Beyond Reality Press, and penned the guidebook Do-It-YourSelf-Publishing. Since then LBR Press has continued to release all Diana's works, and also sponsors the LBR Press READ FREE Project, which offers sample Diana Laurence stories for free download.

With the release of Bloodchained, Diana departs a bit from the erotic romance genre. Nevertheless, the paranormal suspense novel still concerns itself with many of the same themes in her Soulful Sex stories: dominance and submission, sexual attraction, intimacy, desire and trust, and the union of souls in erotic love.

Diana was born and raised in the area of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she now resides with her husband David and nearby grown daughters, Katie and Amanda. She is a 1977 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she majored in English. Her "day-job" career has included administration, public relations, editing, marketing, and information systems in the publishing, legal, finance, and manufacturing industries. She enjoys webmastering, gourmet cooking and mixology, visual arts, jewelry making, and working in polymer clay. Her diverse inspirations include Jane Austen, Stephen King, Ayn Rand, Robin Hobb, Rodgers & Hammerstein, John Williams, Dream Theater, Joss Whedon, M. Night Shymalan, and Les "Survivorman" Stroud.