Author Interview: From Inspiration to Representation, Diana Ma Reflects on Her Journey in Children’s Literature

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By Suma Subramaniam

I’m thrilled to welcome Author Diana Ma to Cynsations today! I first met Diana at a local SCBWI summer party and we struck up a wonderful conversation about her middle-grade novel and her passion for getting Asian American stories out to the community.

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New Voices: Roseanne A. Brown & Diana Ma on Creating Characters That Mirrored Themselves

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By Stephani Martinell Eaton

I’m excited to introduce our readers to Roseanne A. Brown, author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (Balzar + Bray, 2020), and Diana Ma, author of Heiress Apparently (Abrams, 2020). While these two YA debut novels may seem different in genre and tone,

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