Diane Stringam Tolley was born and raised on the great Alberta prairies. Daughter of a ranching family of writers, she inherited her love of writing at a very early age. Trained in Journalism, she has penned countless articles and short stories. She is the published author of five e-books, the best-selling Christmas novels, Carving Angels, (Kris Kringle's) Magic and SnowMan and a book of poetry, Words. She and her husband, Grant, live in Beaumont, Alberta, and are the parents of six children and grandparents of seventeen-plus.