{"id":2455,"date":"2016-01-21T16:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T00:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/?page_id=2455"},"modified":"2026-04-26T16:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:51:44","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/contact\/","title":{"rendered":"CONTACT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><del><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/contact\/attachment\/cropped-photo-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cropped-photo-2.jpg?fit=398%2C476&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"398,476\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G15&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1403384370&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cropped photo 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cropped-photo-2.jpg?fit=398%2C476&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cropped-photo-2-251x300.jpg?resize=197%2C235\" alt=\"contact Diana Stevan\" width=\"197\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cropped-photo-2.jpg?resize=251%2C300&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cropped-photo-2.jpg?w=398&amp;ssl=1 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/del><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I love hearing from readers. Next to writing itself, one of the biggest joys is communicating with those who find my posts and stories entertaining, informative, and\/or helpful.<\/p>\n<p>You can contact me at:\u00a0 \u00a0<b>&#105;&#x6e;&#102;&#x6f;&#64;&#x64;&#105;&#x61;&#110;&#x61;s&#x74;e&#x76;a&#x6e;.&#x63;o&#x6d;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Island House Publishing<\/strong> is the imprint for my books, and located in Campbell River, on Vancouver Island, in beautiful British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re interested in ordering any of my books, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/author\/B00OGV2PIO\/allbooks?ingress=0&amp;visitId=7eac124c-a4cb-4699-8368-21d829218fad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">you can order from Amazon<\/a><\/strong> , or any other major bookseller. or ask your favourite <strong>independent bookstore or library to bring it in, as they can order from Ingram Spark or Book Manager.<\/strong> Just give them the ISBN of the book you want.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A House Full of Strangers<\/strong><\/em><em>:\u00a0<\/em>ISBN: 978-1-988180-26-7<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Along Came A Gardener<\/strong> <\/em>ISBN: 978-1-988180-22-9<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Paper Roses on Stony Mountain <\/em><\/strong>ISBN: 978-1-988180-09-0<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Lilacs in the Dust Bowl <\/em><\/strong> ISBN: 978-1-896402-29-1<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Sunflowers Under Fire <\/strong><\/em> ISBN: 978-1-988180-04-5<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The Rubber Fence<\/strong><\/em> ISBN: 978-10988180-02-1<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>A Cry From The Deep<\/strong> <\/em>ISBN: 978-1-988180-03-8<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thanks for stopping by.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Warmly,<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/contact\/attachment\/signature-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Signature.jpg?fit=879%2C179&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"879,179\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1396348240&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Signature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Signature.jpg?fit=700%2C143&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4342\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Signature.jpg?resize=700%2C143&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Signature.jpg?w=879&amp;ssl=1 879w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Signature.jpg?resize=300%2C61&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Signature.jpg?resize=768%2C156&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"Signature\" width=\"463\" height=\"94\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dianastevan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Signature.jpg?fit=300%2C61&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I love hearing from readers. Next to writing itself, one of the biggest joys is communicating with those who find my posts and stories entertaining, informative, and\/or helpful. 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