Biographie de Diane Phelps Budden
Diane Phelps Budden of Sedona, AZ spent over 30 years in corporate and academic marketing before beginning her writing career, and self-publishing Shade; a story about a very smart raven. With this experience, she wrote and self-published The Author's Concise Guide to Marketing: how to jumpstart sales of your self-published book for first-time authors needing marketing skills. In 2013, Budden responded to the need for a non-fiction book about ravens for middle grade children, as well as adult raven lovers, by publishing The Un-Common Raven: one smart bird.
This title is illustrated with beautiful photographs by Loren Haury of Sedona, and contains glossary, bibliography, and index to assist teachers with classroom activities. Highly recommended by Midwest Book Review; finalist in the New Mexico-Arizona 2013 Book Awards.