Author bios

Short version

Dianna Gunn is a freelance writer by day and a fantasy author by night. Her sword and sorcery novel, Moonshadow's Guardian, was released in November 2018.

When she's not writing, Gunn can be found working to develop the indie author community. She hosts the #WeeknightWriters Twitter chat at 7-8 PM EST on Thursday nights and runs the Author Marketing Club.

Medium length

Dianna Gunn is a freelance writer by day and a fantasy author by night. Her fantasy horror novel, Moonshadow's Guardian, was released in November 2018. She's also created a variety of workbooks for authors and other creatives, including Branding for Fiction Authors and 151 Affirmations for Creative People.

When she's not writing, Gunn can be found working to help authors build career and community. She is the founder of the Weeknight Writers Group, a social enterprise dedicated to providing affordable and accessible support for authors.

Gunn currently lives in Toronto, Canada with her partner and three cats.

Long version

Dianna Gunn has been passionate about words since she first learned to speak. She started working as a freelance blogger in 2011 as a way to pay the bills while she worked on her fiction. Her first fantasy horror novel, Moonshadow's Guardian, was released in November 2018. Her shorter work has appeared in Tiny Frontiers, Tiny Dungeons, and the award-winning anthology Nothing Without Us, Too.

Gunn has also created a variety of guides for authors and other creative people including Branding for Fiction Authors and 151 Affirmations for Creative People.

When she's not writing, Gunn can be found working to develop the indie author community. She hosts the #WeeknightWriters Twitter chat at 7 - 8 PM EST and runs the quarterly Weeknight Writers Storycrafting Sessions. She also runs the Author Marketing Club, a free educational resource for authors who are intimidated by marketing, and publishes marketing workbooks for fiction authors.

From 2020-2022 Gunn ran the Spoonie Authors Podcast, a podcast dedicated to interviewing disabled, neurodivergent, chronically ill, and mentally ill authors. She continues to work with the Spoonie Authors Network, a community for disabled, neurodivergent, chronically ill, and mentally ill authors, and to be an advocate for disabled authors.

Gunn currently lives in Toronto, Canada with her partner and three cats.