Dianna's Press Kit
This Press/Media Kit for children’s author Dianna Aston consists of:
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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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BOOK PHOTOS
Dianna has been an award-winning author of many internationally acclaimed books for young readers for all of the 21st century. “An Egg is Quiet” was named a Best Book of the Century by The Wall Street Journal. “A Shell is Cozy” received the same designation from Kirkus Reviews. Librarians have called her 7-book science books ‘lyrical science.’ Dianna says she didn’t realize she was writing science books until “An Egg is Quiet” received an award for best science picture book by the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru. A highlight of career as an author was when President Barack Obama and Mrs. Obama read “The Moon Over Star” to second graders to celebrate Black History Month, just two weeks after he first took office! She is a first-generation Texan (and proud of it!), but she has also lived in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Marceline, Missouri (Walt Disney’s childhood home), Ohio, Michigan, and Oklahoma. Once she even lived in the loft of an airplane hangar! Her home for now is on Corpus Christi Bay. She is equally at home at the Texas State Aquarium as an exhibit host interacting with sharks, dolphins, rescued sea turtles, flamingos, alligators, sting rays, jellyfish and hermit crabs. And people.
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During the seven years she lived in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, she helped build houses in rural villages and volunteered on a lavender farm, AZUL LAVANDA and
The Lavender Project. After meeting the farmer-entrepreneur, Aucencio Domenzain Martinez and his daughter, Diana, she was inspired to begin writing a “based on a true story” manuscript about the feelings a child has when her father crosses the border into Texas.
From her village high in the Mexican desert, she worries about the danger he faces as an undocumented worker and finds comfort in the wise whisperings of her late grandmother, who visits her in her dreams. [The middle of a story is always the greatest challenge, and that’s where I am.] Ultimately, growing lavender turns the village into a sustainable one that even includes a library. Best of all, the men have plenty of work on the lavender farm that provides enough for them to stay home with their families in the village of La Colorado.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Dianna Aston is an award-winning author of many internationally acclaimed books who visits schools around the world. She is known for her versatility as an author with books in the genres of nonfiction, fiction, historical fiction, biography, and poetry. Six of her STEM books – which reviewers have called ‘lyrical science’ – were Junior Library Guild selections. (2010) In 2026, The Wall Street Journal named “An Egg is Quiet” as a Best Book of the Century, while Kirkus Reviews designated
“A Shell is Cozy” as one. Scholastic Parent & Child magazine's 100 Greatest Books for Kids includes “An Egg is Quiet.” “An Orange in January” is included in kindergarten curricula to teach social studies and introduce children to economic concepts. (Way coolest of all) President Barack Obama and Mrs. Obama, as well as NASA astronaut Melvin Leland, selected “The Moon Over Star,” a Coretta Scott King Honor book, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, to read to second graders in celebration of Black History Month. (Feb. 2009) She has twice been honored with the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books. “A Seed is Sleepy” was honored with an IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award.
