DianaAltman

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I've written two books, Hollywood East: Louis B. Mayer and the origins of the studio system (Carol Publishing '92) a non-fiction book of film history, and a novel In Theda Bara's Tent. I'm writing short stories now and hope to share them with you. My work has been published in the New York Times, ForbesWoman, StoryQuarterly, American Heritage, Yankee, and many other places. Both of my books are available on Amazon and the novel is available on Kindle. 

I'm the daughter of the late Al Altman, the MGM talent scout who discovered Joan Crawford, Jimmy Stewart, Ava Gardner, Franchot Tone and dozens of other unknown actors who became stars. I grew up in New Rochelle and now live in Manhattan. I went to school at Connecticut College and then to Harvard. 

I used to own a horse and I used to write about horses and regret their disappearance. As the store windows get full of  saddles and bridles to give clothes a classy feeling, real horses vanish. Bridle paths now have houses on them, stables have been put out of business by insurance demands, and people in New York seem to want carriage horses off the streets. Maybe I should move to Wyoming! Anyway, I have opinions about everything. I'm overflowing with opinions! And I'm argumentative. Don't tell me I'm not.

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In Theda Bara's Tent (as Reviewed by Publisher's Weekly)

34 parts / 114 pages, updated Apr 08, 2011 PG-13

In a world where jugglers entertain on the street, a boy loses his parents in a factory fire. Taken from the Lower East Side to New Engl... read more

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4 months ago

Recall enjoyed your book Diana. The first I read on Wattpad and what a great read just wish I could stumble  upon other books of the same caliber.

DianaAltman
8 months ago

Please forgive your cat! Thank you so much for writing to me. Your encouragement means a lot. Best of luck with your own work. Diana

Briangray35
8 months ago

The cat has either sent or deleted my message to you!  New to this site and just 'happened' across your novel 'In Theda Bara's Tent'.  The title intrigues me but on reading your bio it explains a lot.  I've not read much of it yet, but I am loving it and looking forward to reading more.

KikoBears
1 year ago

Ms. Diana: This work of art is beautiful. I enjoyed your detailed descriptions and it was just lovely. I appreciate your work and you truly are a great author. This was well-written in all aspects. Grammatically, and 'hooking' readers in. Beautiful, I tell you. Beautiful. ~GlassMarble (Kiko) talking about 'In Theda Bara's Tent'

Zahmad
1 year ago

I just joined Wattpad and came upon your book. I am really looking forward to reading it. My book, The One Hundred, carries a similar tone, though from a different part of the world.

SierraNoelDeRos...
1 year ago

Theda Bara is like my Hero the only Classy Vamp. lol

DianaAltman
1 year ago

@IntellectuallyGifted  So happy you're enjoying it!

DianaAltman
1 year ago

Thanks for appreciating!

338webster
1 year ago

@DianaAltman thanks so much for sharing our talent with us! I really loved this!

DianaAltman
1 year ago

@Journalboy94 Hi to you too and thanks for writing.

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