Diane Mott Davidson
Biography
Diane Mott Davidson
New York
Times bestselling author Diane Mott Davidson wrote three
novels before one was accepted for publication --- when she was 41.
She has since written 14 more mysteries, all featuring Goldy the
caterer. In addition, she has written short stories and poetry for
various publications. Davidson has won the Anthony Award from
Bouchercon, and has been nominated for the Agatha, another Anthony,
and the Macavity Award. In 1993 she was named Rocky Mountain
Fiction Writers' Writer of the Year.
Davidson was educated at St. Anne's School in Charlottesville,
Virginia, where her English teacher, Emyl Jenkins, encouraged her
to become a writer. She attended Wellesley College, where she was
named a Wellesley Scholar, before transferring to Stanford
University, from which she graduated with a double major in Art
History and Political Science. Several years (and one child) later,
she received her MA in Art History from Johns Hopkins.
Davidson has volunteered for numerous organizations. She was a
tutor in a correctional facility, rape-victim counselor, and served
for 10 years on the Board of Examining Chaplains of the Episcopal
Diocese of Colorado. For years she taught the adult Bible study at
her parish, where she was also licensed to preach.
Davidson has been married to her husband, Jim, for almost 40 years.
They have three sons, a daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, and a
basset hound.
Diane Mott Davidson
