Dianne Touchell was born and raised in Fremantle, Western Australia. Her debut novel Creepy & Maud was shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Award 2013 in the Older Readers Category. She has worked as a collector of donations protection money for a major political party (under an assumed name), a fry cook, a nightclub singer, a housekeeper, a bookseller and manager of a construction company. Sometimes she has time to write books for Young Adults, who she thinks are far more interesting than grown-ups. She enjoys cold weather and Mexican food. She lives with animals.