Diana Rodriguez Wallach is a multi-published author of young adult novels.
Her newest book, THE SILENCED, is a haunted tale tackling the Troubled Teen Industry and releases in Fall 2025 through Random House/Delacorte. In October 2023, she released HATCHET GIRLS, a modern twist on Lizzie Borden, and in 2021, she published SMALL TOWN MONSTERS, named one of the “13 Scariest Books of 2021” by Kirkus Reviews (both Random House).
Additionally, Diana is the author of the Anastasia Phoenix Series, a trilogy of young adult spy thrillers. The first book in the series, Proof of Lies, has been optioned for film and was chosen as a finalist for the 2018 International Thriller Awards for Best Young Adult Novel. Additionally, Bustle listed her as one of the “Top Nine Latinx Authors to Read for Women’s History Month,” and her debut novel, Amor and Summer Secrets, placed second in the International Latino Book Awards.
In 2026, Diana will publish her first horror short story in Ghosts of Where We’re From, a Latinx horror anthology, and she will publish a personal essay analyzing Rosemary’s Baby in the upcoming horror movie anthology Diabolical Motherhood.
Diana is a co-host on the writing podcast, The Paper Trail. She currently teaches an annual writing workshop through the Highlights Foundation, and she previously taught Creative Writing through Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth for more than six years. She holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University, and lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband, two kids, and two cats.
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In June 2024, Diana joined The Paper Trail podcast as a permanent co-host. Learn more.
