A Happy Day for readers who prefer to listen! My books were selected by Amazon for their beta audiobook program. I jumped on the opportunity, because I’ve been asked by readers if my books were ever going to be available in audiobook editions. And now they are available! On both Amazon and Audible! Cozy up with a nice cup of tea and catch up on my award-winning cozy mystery series, A Cadence Mystery. Book 5 will be released in June 2024! Or dig into American Dreaming, my award-winning memoir of hope in our divided country. Or my first memoir, Another Day in Post-Racial America, which was na ..read more

A Cadence Mystery Series is Racking up Awards! This book is highly recommended for readers who seek a story that keeps them on the edge of their seats and provides meaningful commentary on social justice and equality.  Literary titan Good News to Report! I am so pleased to announce that Stone Coat Man has won a Literary Titan Gold Book Award! A Cadence Mystery series has won four awards total! Haven’t read any of the books yet? Find all four on Amazon! Thank you to everyone who has supported my writing life: my editors, Lacey Lyons and Rosemary Armao; my beta readers, Benjamin Kinstler ..read more

The Goodreads Kindle Giveaway starts December 13 and ends on December 21, 2023. If you enjoy suspense, fast action, adventure, community, and endearing characters, with a touch of Seneca mythology and magical realism, you’ll love this new release of the award-winning series, A Cadence Mystery. Join Marian and Lester Greene and their friends and family, as they head into the woods to solve the newest murder case in the little multicultural utopian community that could. …an intriguing mystery centered around a multicultural “utopia.” The diversity of characters is great to see and the plot tur ..read more

New Release! Book 4 of A Cadence Mystery Series! I am so excited to announce the release of Stone Coat Man (A Cadence Mystery #4)! This multicultural mystery novel is based on Seneca mythology. It’s a fast-paced thriller that will keep you guessing. “What could possibly happen?” Marian Greene quips to husband Lester, as she sets out for a quiet walk in the woods. But life in Cadence, New York, is neither quiet nor easy. Stunned after a fall, Marian stumbles upon a mutilated corpse. Kneeling beside the corpse is a menacing giant. Is the ogre a figment of her imagination, or is it the Genoskwa ..read more

Finalist in Mystery: Multicultural & Diversity Category I’m happy to announce that The Eagle Speaks (A Cadence Mystery, #2) was named a finalist in the 2023 American Fiction Awards! This after it received a Literary Titan Award. What’s all the excitement about? The Eagle Speaks offers a timely and riveting mystery that has plenty of gripping moments. Hagan builds tension well, delivering an ending with a satisfying twist. Booklife This book grips you from the beginning… literary titan book award The Eagle Speaks and all the books from A Cadence Mystery series can be purchased on Am ..read more

My Author’s Interview on Rita Lee Chapman’s Website Rita Lee Chapman invited me to be author of the week on her website I was so pleased when Rita Lee Chapman invited me to be one of her guest authors on her website. An author’s interview is the perfect venue to talk about my books, what inspires me to write, and some other tidbits about myself, including my writing process. My guest author this week is award-winning Dianna L. Hagan who writes mysteries, memoirs and plans, one day, to write a ghost story.  Rita lee chapman Here’s the Text; Click on the Link for Full Interview http://www ..read more

“…an essential read for those in pursuit of a stimulating and captivating literary experience.” literary titan Five gold star review! Reviews of Stony Place (A Cadence Mystery, Book 3) are starting to post! And then this one arrived in my email! ★★★★★ Literary Titan Review excerpts: [Stony Place] is a novel that courageously confronts the seldom-addressed concerns of racism in our contemporized world. From the onset, Hagan expertly enthralls readers with the ideological struggle between supremacy and equality, leading them on an illuminating journey into these opposing worldviews. The na ..read more

…with each book [Ms Hagan’s] communion with the nuances of her profoundly human characters reaches a new level. Goodreads reader review A Difficult Book to Write… But the End Result was Rewarding The opening chapters of this book were difficult to imagine and write. I shed tears. Then, I cried more as the scenes I wrote played out across America over and over. Enoch appeared in dreams. Madison did, too. And George. He’s complicated, but I like him. He’s a good man who is willing to go as far as he must go to solve a case, even when he believes there is no way back. Lester, Marian, Enoch, Crai ..read more

I am so excited to announce the release of Stony Place! It’s book 3 of A Cadence Mystery series about a multicultural town that lives by the Onondaga governing principles of equality, respect, and cooperation and is besieged by white supremacist attacks. Stony Place opens with two brothers who steal a vintage car, load it with assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and drive two hours to Cadence, New York, to start a race war. Their fantasy of mayhem and notoriety brings anguish and loss to the multicultural, inclusive community. Seneca Lake, known for millennia as Assiniki, or Ston ..read more

Goodreads Giveaway! 100 Kindle copies of The Eagle Speaks! Enter to Win I am giving away 100 Kindle copies of The Eagle Speaks (A Cadence Mystery, Book #2), a multicultural mystery. The giveaway starts on, Saturday, January 7, 2023 and ends on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Click here to enter: Goodreads Giveaway of The Eagle Speaks. Here’s what readers are saying Ms Hagan is so skilled at portraying the members of this utopic town that by the end of the first book they already feel like friends. When I started to read the second book, it was like I was a Cadence townsperson working alongside old ..read more