Author Diane Kane measures her success by the friends she's made in her journey. Her fiction and nonfiction short stories appear in Red Penguin, Monadnock Underground, and Written Tales publications. Kane is the publisher and co-author of Flash in the Can Number One and Number Two, books of short stories. She also writes public interest articles for Uniquely Quabbin Magazine and several newspapers. Kane's first children's book, Don Gateau the Three-Legged Cat of Seborga published in English, Spanish, French and Italian, won the Purple Dragonfly Award for Caring/Making a Difference in 2020. The sequel Don Gateau Moves to Vallebona is due for publication in 2023. Kane published her second children's book, Brayden the Brave Goes to the Hospital, in April 2021 to help children and families with medical issues.