About Diana Palmer (author)
Susan Kyle (née Spaeth; born December 11, 1946), known by her pen name Diana Palmer, is an American writer who has published romantic novels since 1979. She has also written romances as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, and under her married name Susan Kyle and a science fiction novel as Susan S. Kyle. Before writing fiction, she was a journalist for sixteen years under her birth name. Now, she has over 150 books in print, more of them translated and published around the world. Her novel Diamond Girl was made into a movie that was released in 1998 for television. == Biography == === Personal life === She was born Susan Eloise Spaeth on December 12, 1946, in Cuthbert, Georgia. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. She and her younger sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), were raised in Chamblee, Georgia, where Susan graduated from Chamblee High School in 1964. She grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. On 9 October 1972, she married James Edward Kyle, with whom she had one son, Blayne Kyle in 1980.
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