Wanda Dionne is the author of three young adult historical novels, one children's picture book, and a soon-to-be released (2004) adult suspense novel. She is an award-winning author, who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University. She has written professionally for newspapers and magazines and is a former Women's Editor of The Orange (Texas) Leader, at that time the youngest Women's Editor in the state. She served as Entertainment Editor and Celebrity Reporter for The Tampa (Florida) Tribune.

Her non-fiction articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Writers' Digest. She is the owner of Rainbow Personnel, a personnel placement firm exclusively for the insurance industry in Houston, Texas. Wife, mother, and active in the Houston, Texas, writers' community, she is also one of the founders of The Woodlands (Texas) Writers' Guild.

Wanda often makes school appearances in period costume, bringing a suitcase of Victorian and Civil War artifacts for student readers to enjoy. She encourages middle grade and high school audiences to participate in a lifetime adventure of reading.