Diane Stanley (born December 27, 1943) is an American children's

author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...

and

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

Life and work

Stanley was born in

Abilene, Texas Abilene ( ) is a city in Taylor and Jones Counties in Texas, United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the state of Texas. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statis ...

. She earned her bachelor's degree from Trinity University and her M. A. in medical illustration from

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

College of Medicine. Stanley is the author and/or illustrator of more than sixty books for children, noted especially for her series of picture book biographies. ''Shaka, King of the Zulus'' was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and ''Leonardo da Vinci'' received the

Orbis Pictus Award The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children recognizes books which demonstrate excellence in the "writing of nonfiction for children." It is awarded annually by the National Council of Teachers of English to one American book p ...

for Outstanding Nonfiction from the National Council for Teachers of English. Many of her books have been honored as

American Library Association Notable Books American Library Association Notable lists are announced each year in January by various divisions within the American Library Association (ALA). There are six lists, part of the larger ALA awards structure. * ''ALA Notable Books for Adults'' (est ...

and she has twice received both the Boston Globe/Hornbook Award and the Society of Children's Book Writers' Golden Kite Award. She was the recipient of the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for the body of her work. She has three grown children and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband, Peter Vennema.

Books

Biographies and History

*Alice Waters Cooks Up a Food Revolution, illustrated by Jessie Hartland, Paula Wiseman Books (2022) *RESIST: Peaceful Acts That Changed our World, Neal Porter Books / Holiday House (2020) *Ada Lovelace: Poet of Science, illustrated by Jessie Hartland, Paula Wiseman Books (2017) *Bard of Avon: The Story of

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

(co-author Peter Vennema), Morrow Junior Books (1992) *

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

: The Man Who Had Great Expectations (co-author Peter Vennema), Morrow Junior Books (1993) *

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...

, Morrow Junior Books (1994) *'' Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England'' (co-author Peter Vennema),

Four Winds Press 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

(1990) *

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...

, Morrow Junior Books (1998) *

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...

, Morrow Junior Books (1996) *''

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was insp ...

'',

HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Cor ...

(2000) *

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

: The Wonder Child - A Puppet Play in Three Acts,

(2009) *

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

, Four Winds Press (1986) *

Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سه‌لاحه‌دین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...

: Noble Prince of Islam, HarperCollins (2002) * Shaka: King of the Zulus (co-author Peter Vennema), Morrow Junior Books (1988) * The Last Princess (as illustrator only; text by Fay Grissom Stanley), Four Winds Press (1991) *The Time-Traveling Twins: Joining

the Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea ...

*The Time-Traveling Twins: Roughing It on the Oregon Trail *The Time-Traveling Twins:

Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Philippines. It is also observed in the Netherlander town of Leiden and ...

on Plymouth Plantation *The True Adventure of Daniel Hall

Fiction

;Picture books (as illustrator only): *The Farmer in the Dell (public domain) *Fiddle-I-Fee (public domain) *Half-a-Ball-of-Kenki (by Verna Aardema) *Little Mouse Nibbling (by Tony Johnston) *Petrosinella, a Neapolitan Rapunzel (by Giambattista Basile) *Onions, Onions (by Toni Hormann) *Sleeping Ugly (by Jane Yolen) *The Man Whose Name Was Not Thomas (by M. Jean Craig) *Robin of Bray (by Jean and Claudio Marzollo) *Beach Party (by Joanne Ryder) *Little Orphant Annie (by James Whitcomb Riley) *The Month-Brothers (by Samuel Marshak; translation by Thomas P. Whitney) *All Wet! All Wet! (by James Skofield) ;Picture books (as author only): *The Good Luck Pencil (illustrated by Bruce Degen) *Siegfried (illustrated by John Sandford) *Moe the Dog in Tropical Paradise (illustrated by Elise Primavera) *Woe is Moe (illustrated by Elise Primavera) *The Gentleman and the Kitchen Maid (illustrated by Dennis Nolan) *Saving Sweetness (illustrated by G. Brian Karas) *Raising Sweetness (illustrated by G. Brian Karas) *The Time-Traveling Twins: Roughing it on the Oregon Trail (illustrated by Holly Berry) *The Time-Traveling Twins: Joining the Boston Tea Party (illustrated by Holly Berry) *The Time-Traveling Twins: Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation (illustrated by Holly Berry) ;Picture books (as author and illustrator): *The Conversation Club *A Country Tale *Birdsong Lullaby *Captain-Whiz-Bang *Fortune *Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter *The Giant and the Beanstalk *Goldie and the Three Bears *The Trouble with Wishes ;Novels: *A Time Apart *The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine *The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy *Bella at Midnight *Saving Sky *The Silver Bowl *The Cup and the Crown *The Princess of Cortova *The Chosen Prince *Joplin, Wishing *Second Sleep

Historical Fiction

*Elena

References

External links

*
Diane Stanley
at publisher HarperChildrens.com * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanley, Diane American children's writers American children's book illustrators Medical illustrators 1943 births Living people People from Abilene, Texas Johns Hopkins University alumni American graphic designers American art directors American biographers