About
Who is Diane Hatz? And what's with all this writing?
Diane Hatz
Author. Organizer. Inner Activist.
Diane Hatz is an award-winning author, organizer, and inner activist. She is the author of the four-book Mind Monsters series, eccentrically funny, wildly imaginative novels about the monsters we encounter in the world and within ourselves, and what it takes to come home to yourself.
Her debut novel, Rock Gods & Messy Monsters, earned numerous honors, including first runner-up in the 2024 Eric Hoffer Award. Drawing in part on Diane’s early career in the music industry, the novel launched a series that blends absurdist satire, social commentary, and emotional honesty as it follows Alex Scott’s journey to discover who she is after a lifetime of becoming what other people wanted her to be.
Before becoming a novelist, Diane built an eclectic career around culture, social change, and storytelling. She founded and organized TEDxManhattan “Changing the Way We Eat” and founded and ran the nonprofit Change Food. She was an Impact Producer at Participant, mentored artists through the Creative Capital Foundation and entrepreneurs launching food startups, and served as executive producer of the award-winning animation The Meatrix.
Her career began in the music industry, where she worked at major and independent record companies, managed a band, and worked as a music publicist. She also co-founded The Relay, a fanzine about The Who that is now part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s collection.
Diane received a master’s degree in Creative Writing in London, England. After thirty years in New York City, she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she lives and writes. When she’s not working on her next book, she can be found wandering the desert, road-tripping, or helping abandoned dogs find homes.
All books are published by Whole Healty Group LLC.
More at A Writer’s Life Substack and YouTube podcast.
Author & Writer
Award-winning author of Rock Gods & Messy Monsters, founder A Writer’s Life Substack
Indie Publisher
Whole Healthy group is the publisher of Diane Hatz’s writing
Impact Consultant
Want to create social change? Diane can help develop social impact campaigns and events
Rock Gods & Messy Monsters is one woman’s discovery that her dream job at a 90s record company is actually a nightmare of blood vessel explosions, brain extractions, rockstar aliens, and executives clawing for power – and her determination to get out as her boss thwarts her at every turn.
The three versions of Rock Gods & Messy Monsters.
Left – Oct 11, 2023, hard launch.
Middle – beta launch cover Sept 2022.
Right – First publication as Rock Gods of Acht in 2008. It took 14 years for me to believe in myself and my writing – and is what prompted relaunching an edited version with new title.
