I was born and raised in Montreal, lived for a time in Massachusetts and now call Colorado home. My husband and I have three married children and four grands of whom we are immensely proud. It has been our good fortune to visit much of Europe, Asia and Africa, enjoying our beautiful world and making new friends. There is always a dog in our lives, and the house is currently ruled by a Wheaten Terrier named Bailey.
My stories are character driven, and they want to tell their stories. In ‘Til Death… insecure Laura fears her husband Tony, a Boston detective, is unfaithful. He is not, until he has an affair with Catherine, an abused wife. She kills her husband— but I’m giving away the plot. Laura, and her friend Janice, (a woman with her own issues), is a character as strong and vital to the story line as Catherine.
Fran in Friends & Lovers was protagonist Marie’s best friend, but when Canadian diplomat Roger enters the picture that disloyal bitch had other ideas - I had to tell her story!
Sarah Drummond, a naive young woman, ‘gets in trouble’ on a visit to London in 1966. In 2020, a dying Sarah (Drummond) Paxton reveals secrets she has kept all her life to her grand daughter Rose Marie.
All three novels are available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle.
My latest venture, They Paved the Way, is both a memoir and historical fiction. It tells the compelling story of my courageous grandmothers, one Polish, the other Italian. Escaping violence and abject poverty in their homelands, they emigrated to the new world with a dream of a better life but, like so many immigrants, were met with hatred, discrimination and racism.
In my spare time I am working on a group of short stories, one of which, Zanzibar, comes out of our recent visit to Africa. From Big Five safaris to romantic African villages Eileen learns that it’s never too late to fall in love… again.
Writers love to hear from their readers, and I am no exception. Let me know what you think of my work. Find me at https://www.Amazon.com/author/dianelock or email at lockdiane23@gmail.com