Author and animal activist Diane Haynes published her first poem at six and received her first book manuscript rejection at seven, stating, "We publish books for children, not by children." Seventeen jobs, six magazines and 30 years later, she tried again, and Jane Ray's Wildlife Rescue Series was launched.

Diane's first job out of university saw her loading 25,000 copies of the newly launched Vancouver Boulevard: An Arts Magazine into her 1966 Chevrolet Malibu and finding them homes. When the editor left suddenly, she was offered the job. Since Boulevard, Diane has worked as a copywriter (Douglas & McIntyre), copy editor (SFU; UBC), publicist (Stanton & MacDougall) and Marketing Director for a national, bilingual magazine (REALM: Creating Work You Want).

Diane lives in New Westminster, BC with tabby team Sadie and Frances, is the Humane Education Supervisor with the BC SPCA and is the founder of the Haynes Scholarship for the Advancement of Animal Welfare at UBC.