Find Diana online:   Diana also blogs at: Sleuths, Spies and Alibis, a group blog of seven middle grade and young adult mystery writers. The Apocalypsies, a group of young adult, middle grade, and picture book authors with 2012 debuts.   Recent publications and guest posts: Short story, "Crime Scenes." YARN (Young Adult Review Network) (Coming June 2012) Essay, "Following the Clues to Mystery Writing Led to a YA Book Contract." The Writer Magazine (May 2012) Guest post, "Writing My Way to Japan." Word for Teens blog (December 2011) Essay, "An Old-Fashioned Love Song." Read by Alan Vogel on radio show, Lit 103.3: Fiction for the Ears. (October 2011) Guest post, "Auditioning for a Rock Musical that Dared to Dream." A Year of Auditions blog (March 2011) Essay, "One Book at a Time: On Building a Library for my Son." Literary Mama (March 2011) Book Links: Penguin Young Readers Group Readergirlz (Promotes teen literacy and corresponding social service) Haruki Murakami (A favorite Japanese author of mine. His website is mesmerizing) Sujata Massey (A mystery writer; I’m a fan of her long-running Rei Shimura series, set in the U.S. and Japan) Writing Links: Beyond the Margins (an excellent group blog by writers in a wide variety of genres, blogging about all things writing-related) Booklife (The companion site to Jeff Vandermeer’s inspiring and practical book about creating a balanced writing life) Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Children’s and YA Lit Resources Grub Street Writers (In Boston, they offer a dazzling array of classes and workshops for all genres and writing levels, and host an amazing writing conference) Query Tracker (A wonderful resource to aid in the agent search process) Shrinking Violet Promotions (Marketing for introverts; thoughtful, beautifully written articles can be found here on on the writing craft – it’s not all about marketing) Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (A wonderful resource and community for children’s book writers) Art Links related to TOKYO HEIST Hiroshige Ando (Utagawa) No Flying No Tights (graphic novel/manga reference and reviews) Scott McCloud (comic artist/comic art guru) Van Gogh Museum Woodblock Printmaking (David Bull’s guide) Portals to Japan Culture Japan (Japanese pop culture) Japan Society of Boston Japan Society New York Kinokuniya Bookstores Tokyo Dance Trooper (Danny Choo’s You Tube channel – watching 2 minutes will instantly lift your spirits! Seriously, this guy is better than morning coffee) Odaiko New England (My taiko drumming group) Tokyo Train Jingles The train stations in Japan all have their own songs; here are some for your listening pleasure!