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         About Me

                   Diana R. Jenkins is the author of more than four hundred stories, comic strips, and articles for children and teens and a number of essays and education-related articles. Her work has been published in Highlights for Children, Pockets, My Friend, Encounter, and many other magazines. Her books of kids' plays, Just Deal With It -- Funny Readers Theatre For Life's Not-So-Funny Moments, and All Year Long -- Funny Readers Theatre For Life's Special Times are available from Teacher Ideas Press. Diana's books available from Pauline Books and Media  include Spotlight on Saints - A Year of Funny Readers Theater for Today's Catholic Kids, Stepping Stones - The Comic Collection, Saints of Note - The Comic Collection, Friend 2 Friend - Twelve Short Stories (includes some of Diana's stories), and Now You're Cooking! Ten Short Stories with Recipes (includes some of Diana's stories). Stalker Mom and Other Plays is available from Baker's Plays.

          Diana earned a bachelor’s degree in special education from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and a reading specialist master’s degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. After twenty-plus years as a special education teacher, she became a freelance writer. She lives in Montgomery, Ohio, with her husband, a medical physicist, and an energetic dog.