Diane Gilbert Madsen

Diane Gilbert Madsen is the acclaimed author of the award winning DD McGil Literati Mystery Series. Madsen is the former Director of Economic Development for the State of Illinois where she oversaw the Tourism and the Illinois Film Office and later ran her own consulting firm. She is listed in the World Who's Who of Women and Who s Who in Finance & Industry. Diane is a member of the Pleasant Places of Florida Sherlockian Association as well as Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, International Association of Crime Writers, and Chicago Writers Association. She has published articles in The Baker Street Journal, The Hemingway Review, Mystery Scene Magazine, Mystery Reader's Journal, Sisters in Crime Newsletter and The Write City Magazine. Currently Diane lives with her husband Tom and Angel, their Japanese Chin, at Twin Ponds, a 5-acre wildlife sanctuary on Cape Haze in Florida.