Diana S. Zimmerman

Diana S. Zimmerman

Vanishing avocados, Mega-million dollar conference, haute couture jewels, and mysterious beings are all part of Diana S. Zimmerman’s remarkable life. Like her novels, Diana’s role in the performing arts as well as the business world transcends the ordinary. She has been a performer, entrepreneur, and businesswoman since the age of eight when she invested all of her resources into a small magic trick. With a total capital outlay of 47 cents, Diana parlayed her investment into a spectacular 25-year career as "America's Foremost Lady Magician.”

In addition to performing, she invented magic illusions for Lance Burton and David Copperfield, and remains a highly respected lecturer, writer, and teacher in this field. Diana also sponsors the Junior Magician's Group at Hollywood’s famous Magic Castle. She founded the youth organization in 1974 with the help of legendary actor, Cary Grant.

Her transition into the corporate world saw the creation of CMS Communications, Intl.—a marketing communications agency whose clients include many of the Fortune 500. Today, Diana is CMS’ President and CEO and owns two other companies. Her dazzling road of business achievements is also paved with equally impressive writing credentials. Having had 100’s of articles published in the elite world haute couture jewelry, “Kandide and the Secret of the Mists” is the first of her three fantasy adventure novels. She is also the co-author of a business book titled Tactile Abyss—Why “Attention to Details”  Can Destroy Your Career.

Diana’s collection of faery art, which includes bronzes, clocks, paintings, sculptures, books, and porcelains dating back to the 1700s, is one of the largest in the world. A painting by Australian artist, Maxine Gadd, now in her private collection, inspired the literary legacy of Kandide.