Dyan Sheldon
# Dyan Sheldon

Dyan Sheldon is an American novelist, who has written for adults, children and young adults. Originally from Brooklyn, she resides in London and has written a number of young adult novels as well as many picture books in a variety of genres. Her young adult science-fiction novel Perfect was published under the name "D. M. Quintano", as it was a departure from her usual style.

Dyan Sheldon's novel Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, a #1 New York Times bestseller, was made into a movie of the same name by Disney in 2004, starring Lindsay Lohan.

## Selected bibliography

### Adult novels

* Victim of Love (1982)
* Dreams of an Average Man (1985)
* My Life as a Whale (1992)

### Young adult novels

* You Can Never Go Home Again (1993)
* Save The Last Dance For Me (1993)
* Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (1999)
* And Baby Makes Two (2000)
* My Perfect Life (2002)
* Planet Janet (2003)
* Sophie Pitt-Turnbull Discovers America (2005)
* Perfect (as D. M. Quintano) (2005)
* I Conquer Britain (2006)
* My Worst Best Friend (2010)
* Confessions of a Hollywood Star (2005)
* Away for the weekend (2011)
* Tall, Thin and Blonde (2012)
* More than one way to be a girl (2017)

### Children's novels

* Harry and Chicken (1990)
* My Brother Is a Visitor from Another Planet (1992)
* Only Binky (1993)
* Bad Place for a Bus Stop (1994)
* Lizzie and Charley Go Shopping (1999)
* Undercover Angel (2000)
* The Difficulties of Keeping Time (2008)

### Picture books

* The Whales' Song (1991)
* Under the Moon (1994) (alternative title, The Garden)
* Unicorn Dreams (1997) (alternative title, Unicorn City)
* The Last Angel (2003)
* Vampire Across the Way (2004)
