Dianne Neal Matthews

Bio: Dianne has written numerous devotionals, magazine articles, and newspaper features. Her work has appeared in Focus on the Family, The Quiet Hour, LIVE, The Christian Communicator, and on websites including CBN.com. She is the author of The One Year On This Day (which won her the 2006 Writer of the Year Award at the Write-to-Publish Conference), and The One Year Women of the Bible, both published by Tyndale House. Her newest devotional is Drawing Closer to God: 365 Daily Meditations on Questions from Scripture (Baker, 2010).

Dianne has also contributed stories to several compilation books and enjoys teaching at writers’ conferences. She is a 2006 CLASS graduate and a member of Advanced Writers & Speakers, Christian Authors Network, and Toastmasters International. Dianne and her husband, Richard, live in Salt Lake City. They have three grown children and two adorable grandchildren.