Diana Wieler (born October 14, 1961) is a Canadian writer of children's books. The daughter of Jean Florence Zebrasky and Heinz Egon Petrich, she was born in

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and was educated there and in

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. She attended the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, taking a program in media arts. She worked in

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in Calgary and then for a newspaper in

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. She returned to Winnipeg where she now lives. She married Larry Wieler; the couple has one son.

Selected books

* ''Last Chance Summer'' (1986) * ''Bad Boy'' (1991), received the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature and the

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* ''RanVan the Defender'' (1993), received a

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* ''RanVan: A Worthy Opponent'' (1995), was a finalist for a Governor General's Award * ''To the Mountains By Morning'' (1995)

References

1961 births Living people Canadian women children's writers Governor General's Award-winning children's writers Writers from Winnipeg {{Canada-writer-stub