Diane Edith Brown MNZM (born 1951) is a novelist and poet from New Zealand.

[1] Brown has published several novels and poetry collections including: She is also the author of the memoirs Liars and Lovers (2004),[2] Here Comes Another Vital Moment (2006),[3] and Taking My Mother To The Opera (2015).

[5] In the 2013 New Year Honours, Brown was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, in recognition of services as a writer and educator.

[7] Eight Stages of Grace was a finalist in the 2003 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

[8] Brown was the inaugural fellow at the Michael King Writer's Studio.