Diana Urban
@dianaurban.bsky.social
Bestselling, award-winning author (she/her)
📚 ALL YOUR TWISTED SECRETS
📚 UNDER THE SURFACE
📚 LYING IN THE DEEP
📚 ... and book marketing consultant!
📚 ALL YOUR TWISTED SECRETS
📚 UNDER THE SURFACE
📚 LYING IN THE DEEP
📚 ... and book marketing consultant!
Just found out the Polish publisher of my book Under the Surface is sending influencers early copies IN BOXES OF ACTUAL DIRT TO REPRESENT HOW THE CHARACTERS ARE MISSING UNDERGROUND IN THE PARIS CATACOMBS
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Just found out the Polish publisher of my book Under the Surface is sending influencers early copies IN BOXES OF ACTUAL DIRT TO REPRESENT HOW THE CHARACTERS ARE MISSING UNDERGROUND IN THE PARIS CATACOMBS
Iiiiiiit’s my birthday! In some ways this year was rough, BUT I wrote a new novel, got to see JAPAN, and started a business that’s already generating steady income. So hey, not too shabby! And next year should be interesting… 🤐😜
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Iiiiiiit’s my birthday! In some ways this year was rough, BUT I wrote a new novel, got to see JAPAN, and started a business that’s already generating steady income. So hey, not too shabby! And next year should be interesting… 🤐😜
This Polish bookstagrammer took the book I wrote (translated!) about four teens who go missing in the Paris Catacombs and COSPLAYED AS THE CHARACTERS IN THE CATACOMBS!!! PEAK AUTHOR MOMENT, I AM DECEASED THIS IS MY GHOST 👻
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This Polish bookstagrammer took the book I wrote (translated!) about four teens who go missing in the Paris Catacombs and COSPLAYED AS THE CHARACTERS IN THE CATACOMBS!!! PEAK AUTHOR MOMENT, I AM DECEASED THIS IS MY GHOST 👻
I HAVE PASSED AWAY, THIS IS MY GHOST 👻
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November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I HAVE PASSED AWAY, THIS IS MY GHOST 👻
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“I think publishers keep setting near-impossible deadlines because so many of us keep accepting them, and we’ve set a precedent that we’ll acquiesce to unreasonable demands. Without a union, we must collectively set new precedents to protect ourselves and each other.”
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“I think publishers keep setting near-impossible deadlines because so many of us keep accepting them, and we’ve set a precedent that we’ll acquiesce to unreasonable demands. Without a union, we must collectively set new precedents to protect ourselves and each other.”
Eternally grateful for this recognition from @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social. I vividly remember checking out Hatchet from my local library as a kid, which sparked my love of survival stories. So to get this honor for my own survival story is epically surreal. 🥹
September 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Eternally grateful for this recognition from @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social. I vividly remember checking out Hatchet from my local library as a kid, which sparked my love of survival stories. So to get this honor for my own survival story is epically surreal. 🥹
This is what happens in UNDER THE SURFACE, a twisty, high-stakes thriller with danger, romance, and moments that’ll make you SOB.
four girls follow a charming French guy into the Paris catacombs… then get lost for DAYS. no cell signal. no food or water. masked creeps with knives are hunting them.
four girls follow a charming French guy into the Paris catacombs… then get lost for DAYS. no cell signal. no food or water. masked creeps with knives are hunting them.
September 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is what happens in UNDER THE SURFACE, a twisty, high-stakes thriller with danger, romance, and moments that’ll make you SOB.
four girls follow a charming French guy into the Paris catacombs… then get lost for DAYS. no cell signal. no food or water. masked creeps with knives are hunting them.
four girls follow a charming French guy into the Paris catacombs… then get lost for DAYS. no cell signal. no food or water. masked creeps with knives are hunting them.
To help other authors brace for reality in publishing better than I did, I’m dishing the DIRT: 80+ ways you can get rejected in publishing after getting an offer for a book deal open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...
September 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
To help other authors brace for reality in publishing better than I did, I’m dishing the DIRT: 80+ ways you can get rejected in publishing after getting an offer for a book deal open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...
FOR SAYING 100% OF MY EMPATHY GOES TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED BY GUN VIOLENCE. We are officially in an episode of Black Mirror.
September 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
FOR SAYING 100% OF MY EMPATHY GOES TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED BY GUN VIOLENCE. We are officially in an episode of Black Mirror.
THE WAY I JUST SCREAMED. (But also, how rare it is for someone to hold their ground on behalf of authors 🥲) news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/anthr...
September 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
THE WAY I JUST SCREAMED. (But also, how rare it is for someone to hold their ground on behalf of authors 🥲) news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/anthr...
I HAVE ACHIEVED INBOX ZERO
September 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I HAVE ACHIEVED INBOX ZERO
ALL MY BOOK BABIES NOW HAVE AT LEAST 4K RATINGS ON GOODREADS!!! I'm so proud of them, they're growing up so fast 🥹
Thank you so much everyone who's taken the time to drop a rating/review! YOU'RE THE BEST 🫶
Thank you so much everyone who's taken the time to drop a rating/review! YOU'RE THE BEST 🫶
August 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
ALL MY BOOK BABIES NOW HAVE AT LEAST 4K RATINGS ON GOODREADS!!! I'm so proud of them, they're growing up so fast 🥹
Thank you so much everyone who's taken the time to drop a rating/review! YOU'RE THE BEST 🫶
Thank you so much everyone who's taken the time to drop a rating/review! YOU'RE THE BEST 🫶
Sometimes you just need a good snuggle 🥺
August 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Sometimes you just need a good snuggle 🥺
Hello, please admire the new sticker I got for my laptop, thank you 😘
August 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hello, please admire the new sticker I got for my laptop, thank you 😘
So this is happening now and I have no idea how long it will last so snap it upppppppppppp IT’S ABOUT A GIRL WHO GOES MISSING IN THE PARIS CATACOMBS AND IF YOU DON’T CRY WHILE READING THIS IDK WHAT TO TELL YOU
August 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
So this is happening now and I have no idea how long it will last so snap it upppppppppppp IT’S ABOUT A GIRL WHO GOES MISSING IN THE PARIS CATACOMBS AND IF YOU DON’T CRY WHILE READING THIS IDK WHAT TO TELL YOU
Here are some publishing truths that I probably shouldn’t talk about publicly, but OOPS I did. open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...
August 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Here are some publishing truths that I probably shouldn’t talk about publicly, but OOPS I did. open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...
Just saw this, so I may be wrong. www.threads.com/@jennisimoni... I’m also seeing chatter that turning everything off isn’t working for some people, and they’re still on the map. This is horrible.
August 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Just saw this, so I may be wrong. www.threads.com/@jennisimoni... I’m also seeing chatter that turning everything off isn’t working for some people, and they’re still on the map. This is horrible.
Idk their rollout strategy BUT you can preemptively turn off Location Services for Instagram in your phone’s app settings and that should work too!
August 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Idk their rollout strategy BUT you can preemptively turn off Location Services for Instagram in your phone’s app settings and that should work too!
You can also update your app settings in your phone’s settings to turn off location services for Instagram
August 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You can also update your app settings in your phone’s settings to turn off location services for Instagram
Very concerned for all my mutuals displaying their location on Instagram’s new map feature. I turned it off IMMEDIATELY, but what if you don’t see that screen to opt out? Here’s where that (extremely hidden!!!) setting is buried, please double check and protect yourself!
August 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Very concerned for all my mutuals displaying their location on Instagram’s new map feature. I turned it off IMMEDIATELY, but what if you don’t see that screen to opt out? Here’s where that (extremely hidden!!!) setting is buried, please double check and protect yourself!
PLEASE LET THIS FINALLY END HIM
July 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
PLEASE LET THIS FINALLY END HIM
I probably shouldn't say this publicly but I literally keep this meme on-hand for my group chats with fellow authors. So. Yeah.
July 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I probably shouldn't say this publicly but I literally keep this meme on-hand for my group chats with fellow authors. So. Yeah.
An evening of beans and Expedition 33 🥰
June 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
An evening of beans and Expedition 33 🥰