Diana Peterfreund has published sixteen novels for adults, teens, and kids, including the four-book Secret Society Girl series, the “killer unicorn novels” Rampant and Ascendant, For Darkness Shows the Stars (a post-apocalyptic retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion), and Across a Star-Swept Sea (inspired by the classic series The Scarlet Pimpernel). Her middle grade trilogy, Omega City, are contemporary adventure novels for younger readers set in a secret bunker city somewhere under modern Maryland. Her CLUE mysteries were written in partnership with Hasbro to bring the classic board game to life for the modern teen. Her most recent series, Ellen Poe, is a modern paranormal mystery perfect for fans of Enola Holmes or National Treasure.
Her books have been translated into fourteen languages and have been named to the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age list, the Capitol Choices (metro DC-area) reading list, the Texas LoneStar List, and the Sunshine State Young Reader Awards List, as well as having been named to Amazon’s Best Books of the Year. In addition, she’s written dozens of critically acclaimed short stories and a variety of non-fiction essays about popular children’s literature. Diana lives outside Washington D.C., with her family.
Diana Peterfreund has published sixteen novels for adults, teens, and kids, including the four-book Secret Society Girl series, the “killer unicorn novels” Rampant and Ascendant, For Darkness Shows the Stars (a post-apocalyptic retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion), and Across a Star-Swept Sea (inspired by the classic series The Scarlet Pimpernel). Her middle grade trilogy, Omega City, are contemporary adventure novels for younger readers set...
Announcing ELLEN POE, a contemporary paranormal mystery about a teenage girl who finds a coded journal in her family's basement that unlocks a world of adventure, and a few...
The first book in an exciting YA series about a teen girl, descended from Edgar Allan Poe, who must navigate the haunting legacy of her ancestor while learning to harness her own strength and intelligence, especially as she begins to commune with the dead.
What happens when your tell-tale nightmares turn into reality and the ghost of Edgar...
In the Ballroom with the Candlestickisthe dramatic and deadly conclusion to Diana Peterfreund’s thrilling YA mystery series inspired by the classic board game CLUE!
After a tragic accident at Blackbrook Academy kills one of their own, Orchid, Scarlett, Peacock, Mustard, and Plum are desperate to put the pieces back together and finish out the...
Diana Peterfreund’sIn the Study with the Wrench is the thrilling sequel to the “ingeniously plotted and vastly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) In the Hall with the Knife, in a mystery series inspired by the classic board game CLUE!
New semester. New secrets. New murder.
In the aftermath of their headmaster’s brutal murder, Blackbrook Academy...
Author Diana Peterfreund will be in the store to sign copies of her new YA novel, Ellen Poe: The Forgotten Lore, the first book in a new YA series about a teen girl, descended from Edgar Allan Poe, who must navigate the haunting legacy of her ancestor while learning to harness her own strength and intelligence, especially as she begins to commune with the dead. Perfect for fans of Enola Holmes and Nancy Drew!
