Diane Fanning

Author Diane Fanning was born Diane Lynn Butcher in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. First, she graduated from Perry Hall High School and later from Lynchburg College in Virginia, majoring in chemistry. She lives in Bedford, Virginia.

The best place to start is the St. Martin's True Crime Library series, the earliest of Diane Fanning's multi-book series: it opens with Abandoned Prayers (1990) and runs to 74 books across 1990–2017, ending with Taken from Home (2017). Diane Fanning's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Diane Fanning has 106 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1990 and 2021. 84 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the St. Martin's True Crime Library series with 74 books — and 22 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Diane Fanning's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are St. Martin's True Crime Library (1990–2017, 74 books), Lucinda Pierce (2008–2013, 7 books) and Libby Clark (2014–2018, 3 books).

This guide splits Diane Fanning's 106 books into 3 named series and 22 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: St. Martin's True Crime Library (74 books, 1990–2017); Lucinda Pierce (7 books, 2008–2013); Libby Clark (3 books, 2014–2018).