Diane Kramer grew up in Chicago suburbia the fourth of six children. She received her bachelors' degree in Education/Music Therapy from the University of Kansas and continued to live in the Kansas City area, raising her family of three children there. Currently, she and her husband have retired to Lawrence, Kansas where they are fortunate to enjoy their wonderful brood of four grandchildren who live close by.
Recently, Diane has embarked on a new journey as a writer and has recently published three works. Her first book, Palpitations, recalls some of her most memorable and poignant moments in her thirty-seven years of mothering.
In addition, Diane has also published her first children's book entitled Shoo! Nasty Bug, Don't Bother Me! This story taps into our children's questions, confusion and disruptions that they encounter while meeting the challenges of sheltering-in-place during a pandemic. 100% of the royalties on the sale of this book will go to Direct Relief/COVID19 to contribute to the vital need for PPE for our health professionals and hospital staffs dealing with this pandemic on the front lines.
As 2020 came to a welcome conclusion, Diane also completed her first fictional novel, The Weavers and The Shuttles Fly. The novel spins a tale of four generations of a family woven together in unexpected and unimaginable ways. It is a compelling story of love and loss, joy and despair, triumph and tragedy and hope for things seen and unseen.
Currently, her second novel, Hindsight, is now available. It is a fictional story of an American family tumbling through the calamities of life while overwhelmed with a raging global pandemic, political divide and civil unrest. It is a study on the fragility of human life as well as the resilience of the human spirit to overcome despair with hope, loneliness with love, and chaos with clarity.
Diane looks forward to continuing her writing during her retirement years as it is an investment in time that brings her considerable joy.