Diane Currie Sam is an award-winning essayist/writer, educator, and speechwriter and co-librettist/co-lyricist of Olivia O, The Musical.  An emerging playwright and lyricist with a multi-decade career in communications, counseling and educating, she is known for her passion for understanding, deep listening skills and creative writing work. 
 

A natural storyteller, she has written about, taught and developed programs covering critically important social issues like mental health, sustainability, and the prevention of domestic violence. Her work as a counsellor and group facilitator has focused on the power of storytelling for healing and change, and she has led healing-focused storytelling retreats in Canada and Mexico. 

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Her written work has been published in leading international publications including Inc. Magazine, National Post, National Observer, Disney Channel, and Up! Magazine. She was recently awarded the Tom Hendry award for Best New Musical with the Playwright's Guild of Canada and the Adams Prize for Musical Theatre with the Toronto Fringe Festival. 

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She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia (BSc) and Trinity Western University (MA, Counselling Psychology).