Aug 1, 2026

2026 Virginia Writers Club Symposium

Diane is making a presentation titled: Grab Your Machete: Hacking Through the Jungle to Get an Agent or a Publisher. Learn the essential steps to getting your book published and how to survive the journey.

June 20, 2026

2026 Spring Break for Writers Virtual Conference: “Revving your Author Power”
Presented by the Sisters in Crime Grand Canyon Writers. A day filled with helpful information about various crafts of writing from experienced writers including Diane Fanning. Register to participate.

April 24-26, 2026

Malice Domestic Conference

Malice Domestic Conference at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland

April 11, 2026

ACPL 2026 Author Festival

On Saturday, Diane will present The Element of Suspense: The Lifeblood

Come meet Diane and scores of other local authors as they sell their books at the library.

Amherst Main Library, Amherst, Virginia.
11am – 1pm

March 14, 2026

Suffolk Virginia Authors Festival

The 12th Annual Suffolk Virginia Authors Festival at the Suffolk Conference Center at the Hilton Garden Inn Suffolk Riverfront, 100 E. Constance Road, Suffolk, Virginia.

January 16-17, 2026

Roanoke Regional Writers Conference

at Hollins University

On Saturday, Diane will present The Element of Suspense: The Lifeblood for Writers in every genre.

Sunday, November 2, 2025

The Historic Avenel House presents Wine, Cheese and True Crime with Diane Fanning from 2 to 4 in the afternoon. Diane will talk about her writing and the murderers she has known and have books to sell and sign

October 18, 2025

OBX Book Festival

Books at the Bank, the first ever Outer Banks book festival, at the Baum Center, 300 Mustian Street, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, from 10am to 4pm. Diane delivers a keynote address.

September 3-7. 2025

Bouchercon:
Blood on the Bayou-Case Closed

New Orleans Marriott

Diane will be part of a panel discussion entitled “Nature or Nurture: Our fascination with serial killers Thursday, September 4, in the Galeria Room 1-2. Immediately afterward, Diane will be signing books for 25 minutes in Acadia.

June 28, 2025

Persiflage Book Sale

Diane and nearly 20 more authors will be at the Persiflage Book Sale June 28 from 11- 1:30 at the Salem Museum, 801 East Main Street, Salem, Virginia.

August 2, 2025

Virginia Writers Club (VWC) Symposium

Ashland, VA

Diane presents this keynote address at this symposium

June 16, 2025

Madison Heights Library

An Evening with Diane Fanning and Lizzie Borden, Monday, June 16 from 6-7:30 at the Madison Heights Library, 200 River James Shopping Center in Madison Heights.

April 12, 2025 at 11am

Book No Further

Come meet Diane Fanning and pick up an autographed copy of her latest book, LIZZIE at Book No Further, 112 Market Street SE, Roanoke, Virginia.

January 17-18, 2025

Roanoke Regional Writers Conference

Diane’s Class, Nuts, Bolts and Murder, a how-to on true crime writing is on Saturday at 11:30 am.

The conference begins on Friday evening at Hollins University, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, Virginia.

May 10, 2024 at 7:30 pm

Diane will be speaking at the Prizery in South Boston, Virginia.

March 16, 2024 from 11 am to 1 pm

Join Diane Fanning at the Salem Museum. Persiflage, the regional writers’ club, is holding a sale of its authors’ works, featuring more than a dozen nationally and regionally important authors, as well as some new and promising writers. Meet and greet a diverse array of local authors who will be signing their books for readers. Book clubs are welcome!

Saturday, August 5, 2023:

New York Homicide on the Oxygen channel at 9pm eastern.

Diane talks about the disappearance and death of Maria Cruz.

Saturday, August 5, 2023:

Author talk at Moneta/SML Library in the Community Room from 1-3PM

January 24-25, 2020

Roanoke Regional Writers Conference

Friday, January 24, 2020

Keynote address:

How to Succeed When You Don’t Know What You Are Doing

Find out how I conquered my first true crime book project by learning on the go; visiting Death Row; interviewing killers, victims’ families and law enforcement; receiving letters and art work from a serial killer; and getting a new trial for a wrongfully convicted woman.

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Class Presentation: Trouble’s Brewin’

Writing without suspense is like coffee without caffeine—no kick and not very addicting. While most obvious in mysteries, suspense is present in all good fiction and creative non-fiction. Learn the tricks of adding suspense to your writing.

August 3, 2019

Virginia Writers Club 2019 Symposium at Piedmont Community College in Charlottesville. Diane’s session, Time to Hook-Up? is about getting an agent or publisher and avoiding the pet peeves that can ruin your relationship.

May 25, 2019

1-4pm  Booksigning and Wine Tasting at Reclaimed at Smith Mountain Lake, 14190 Booker T. Washington Highway, Moneta

May 18, 2019

1 pm– Booksigning at Book No Further in Roanoke, Virginia

May 16, 2019

Diane talks about her latest book and much more Thursday May 16 at 7 pm at Moneta/SML Library.