Dianne Warren (born August 28, 1950) is a Canadian novelist, dramatist and short story writer.
Her father, a World War II veteran, was from a small lumber town in the Ottawa Valley.
She took some writing classes through the English Department at her local university, and met several published and emerging writers that remain friends and colleagues to this day.
She was invited to join a writing group called The Bombay Bicycle Club and the diligence with which its members approached the art of literary critique set her on the path to becoming a published writer.
Her short story collections include The Wednesday Flower Man (1987), Bad Luck Dog (1993) and A Reckless Moon (2002).
Her novel Cool Water (released as Juliet in August in the US) won the Governor General's Award for English fiction in Canada.
[1] Dianne lives in Regina, Saskatchewan with her husband, visual artist Bruce Anderson.