Diane Adams Taylor was a retired school administrator with over thirty-two years in the field of education. She was working in her second career as a writer, author and lecturer. She had her first novel, Circles in Time published by Tate Publishing in May 2012. Her second novel, The Healer of Wounded Souls, was released through the Bush Publishing Company in October 2013. She wrote for two on-line publications; one specifically on education topics and the other as a contributor of short stories.