Diane Chamberlain

Diane Chamberlain won the 1990 RITA® in the Single Title Contemporary Category.

Diane Chamberlain's first novel (began in 1989 but published in 1993), Private Relations, was started while she was waiting in a doctor’s office. Although this is when and where she started the novel, she did not finish it until four years later (1992).

She is an American author of adult fiction. She focuses all of her novels around relationships, whether they are between a man and a woman, a parent and their child, siblings, or friends. Her books incorporate a mixture of family drama, suspense, and romance.

Novels

• 1992 – Secret Lives
• 1993 – Private Relations
• 1994 – Fire and Rain
• 1994 – Lovers and Strangers
• 1995 – Brass Ring
• 1997 – Reflection
• 1998 – The Escape Artist
• 1999 – Breaking the Silence
• 2000 – Summer’s Child
• 2002 – Cypress Point
• 2002 – Keeper of the Light
• 2002 – The Courage Tree
• 2004 – Kiss River
• 2005 – The Journey Home
• 2005 – Her Mother’s Shadow
• 2006 – The Bay at Midnight
• 2008 – The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
• 2008 - Before the Storm

Awards

• 1992-1993 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Contemporary Novel
• 2000 Career Achievement Award Winner - Romantic Times Magazine - Contemporary Novel
• 1990 RITA® Winner in the Single Title Contemporary category with Private Relations