Diana López is the author of the adult novella, Sofia’s Saints and the middle grade novels, Confetti Girl and Ask My Mood Ring How I Feel (to be released in 2013). Her new young adult novel, CHOKE, will be published by Scholastic in July 2012. She is also featured in the anthologies Hecho en Tejas and You Don't Have a Clue. She has been a guest on NPR’s Latino USA and is the winner of the 2004 Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award and the 2012 William Allen White Award. Diana teaches English and works with the organization, CentroVictoria, at the University of Houston Victoria.