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Getting her start in local news and the trade press, Dina Santorelli has been a freelance writer, editor, and collaborator for more than 25 years. In addition to her long-time newspaper and magazine work as a general-assignment freelancer, she is a writing coach and has worked on (edited, written, cowritten, ghostwritten, contributed to) a variety of books, including:

  • A Hundred Days Till Tomorrow by L. S. Case (SparkPress, 2023)

  • How to Talk to Kids About Anything: Tips, Scripts, Stories & Steps to Make Even the Toughest Conversations Easier by Dr. Robyn Silverman (Sourcebooks, 2023)

  • Digital Legacy: Take Control of Your Online Afterlife by Daniel Sieberg and Rikard Steiber (2020)

  • The Ultimate You: Change Your Mind, Transform Your Life by Andy Anderson (Diversion Books, 2019)

  • Become an American Ninja Warrior: The Ultimate Insider’s Guide (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2018)

  • Raising Men: Lessons Navy SEALs Learned from Their Training and Taught to Their Sons by Eric Davis (St. Martin's Press, 2016)

  • I, Spy: How to Be Your Own Private Investigator by Daniel Ribacoff
    (St. Martin's Press, 2016)

  • Daft Punk: A Trip Inside the Pyramid by Dina Santorelli (St. Martin’s Press, 2014)

  • Bully: An Action Plan for Teachers, Parents, and Communities to Combat the Bullying Crisis (Hachette Books, 2012)

  • The Brown Betty Cookbook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)

  • Good Girls Don’t Get Fat: How Weight Obsession Is Messing Up Our Girls and How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It by Dr. Robyn Silverman (Harlequin, 2010)

In addition, Dina is an award-winning, best-selling author of thriller and suspense novels. She was voted one of the best Long Island authors for two consecutive years. Baby Grand, her debut novel and the first book in the Baby Grand Trilogy, became a #1 Political Thriller, #1 Kidnapping Thriller and #1 Organized Crime Thriller, and Dina’s mystery thriller In the Red was awarded First Place, Genre Fiction, in the 28th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards. Dina also lectures for Hofstra University’s Continuing Education Department and is an Indie Author Project Ambassador for the Library Journal and an Ambassador for the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi). For more information about Dina’s fiction work, visit dinasantorelli.com.