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Diana Gallagher
Diana Gallagher is not mentoring this year, but has mentored Young Adult
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Diana Gallagher
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Diana Gallagher is a gymnastics coach and judge, former collegiate gymnast, and writing professor. Her work has appeared in The Southampton Review, International GymnastThe Couch Gymnast, The Gymternet, and on a candy cigarette box for SmokeLong Quarterly. She’s represented by Tina Wexler of ICM Partners and her contemporary YA novel, Lessons in Falling, released in February 2017. She’s co-mentoring with the fabulous Katrina Emmel.

Favorite Books
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Years Mentored
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017