Diana Forbes is the pen name for Vicky Oliver. Diana Forbes is a 9th generation American, with ancestors on both sides of the Civil War. Diana Forbes lives and writes in Manhattan. When she is not cribbing chapters, Diana Forbes loves to explore the buildings where her 19th Century American ancestors lived, loved, survived and thrived. She is passionate about vintage clothing, antique furniture, ancestry, and vows to master the quadrille in her lifetime. Diana Forbes is the author of New York Gilded Age historical fiction.

Diana Forbes’s Publication History:

1. "Mistress Suffragette” was published by Penmore Press in 2017.

2. “Temptation,” a chapter from the sequel to Mistress Suffragette, was published in the Saturday Evening Post’s “Great American Fiction” Contest anthology of winners in January 2017.

3. A selection from Mistress Suffragette won 1st Prize in Women’s Fiction in the Missouri Romance Writers of America “Gateway to the Best” Contest.

4. In addition, Mistress Suffragette was a Finalist in the Wisconsin RWA “Fab Five” contest in “Women’s Fiction.”

5. Mistress Suffragette won 1st Place in the 2016 Chatelaine Award, in the “Romantic and Sensual” category.

6. Mistress Suffragette was shortlisted in the 2016 Chanticleer Somerset Award for “Literary Fiction.”

7. Mistress Suffragette won the 2017 Book Excellence Award for "Romance."

8. Mistress Suffragette was awarded the Silver 2017 North American Book Award for "History."

9. Silver, 2017 NYC Big Book Awards, "Historical Fiction."

Starred Kirkus Review:
"The book feels like it was written at the time, reading like an alternate, feminist take on The House of Mirth’s “well-born lady in reduced circumstances” with a decidedly happier ending.
A sprightly, winning historical novel about an unexpected romance—between a young woman and her own power".