Diane Vonglis Parnell

Diane Vonglis Parnell is the author of The Taste of Anger, a memoir of her childhood on a remote farm with nine siblings and an abusive father, praised by the BookLife Prize as “powerful and gripping—like a car wreck you can’t look away from.” Her essay “Blame the Milkman” was published in the Fish Anthology 2022 and she has been featured on the Let’s Talk Memoir podcast. A recipient of multiple writing honors, including awards from the Gulf Coast Writers Association and the SLO NightWriters Golden Quill, Vonglis Parnell also serves as a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate in San Luis Obispo, California, advocating for abused children and speaking to local organizations on issues of child welfare.