DIANA FINLEY was born and grew up in Germany, where her father was a British Army officer. After a move to London, at eighteen, Diana spent a year living with nomadic people in the remote Pamir mountains of Afghanistan – an experience about which she wrote several stories and accounts. These helped secure her first job, as copywriter and then as writer and editor of children’s information books for Macdonald Educational Publishers.A move to North East England meant changing direction. Diana took a degree in Speech and Psychology, and worked for many years as a Specialist in Autism, publishing a professional book. In 2011 she completed an MA in Creative Writing with distinction at Newcastle University.Diana enjoys exploring complex and often contradictory characters and emotions in her writing. Finding Lucy, her second novel, is a dark, intriguing, psychological story about every parent’s worst nightmare – a stolen child.

Readers Love Diana Finley ‘Wonderful story beautifully told and full of suspense’ Amazon reviewer'Finding Lucy is a rare find, as it does not rely on gimmicks or unrealistic plot twists to keep you emotionally engaged, but rather sophisticated story telling… It invites the reader to think about themes of identity, loniness, forgiveness and society, whilst retaining a well-paced enjoyable read – I couldn't put it down!’ Amazon reviewer‘This novel had everything. The storytelling was seamless, vivid and cleverly delivered.’ Amazon reviewer‘An addictive read!’ Amazon reviewer‘The twists and turns in the plot really gripped me. A well written and insightful story of deception mixed with misguided motherly love.’ Amazon reviewer

DIANA FINLEY was born and grew up in Germany, where her father was a British Army officer. After a move to London, at eighteen, Diana spent a year living with nomadic people in the remote Pamir mountains of Afghanistan – an experience about which she wrote several stories and accounts. These helped secure her first job, as copywriter and then as writer and editor of children’s information books for Macdonald Educational Publishers.A move to North East England meant changing direction. Diana took a degree in Speech and Psychology, and worked for many years as a Specialist in Autism, publishing a professional book. In 2011 she completed an MA in Creative Writing with distinction at Newcastle University.Diana enjoys exploring complex and often contradictory characters and emotions in her writing. Finding Lucy, her second novel, is a dark, intriguing, psychological story about every parent’s worst nightmare – a stolen child.

Readers Love Diana Finley ‘Wonderful story beautifully told and full of suspense’ Amazon reviewer'Finding Lucy is a rare find, as it does not rely on gimmicks or unrealistic plot twists to keep you emotionally engaged, but rather sophisticated story telling… It invites the reader to think about themes of identity, loniness, forgiveness and society, whilst retaining a well-paced enjoyable read – I couldn't put it down!’ Amazon reviewer‘This novel had everything. The storytelling was seamless, vivid and cleverly delivered.’ Amazon reviewer‘An addictive read!’ Amazon reviewer‘The twists and turns in the plot really gripped me. A well written and insightful story of deception mixed with misguided motherly love.’ Amazon reviewer