Diane Nguyen
Diane Nguyen is a transgender multi-genre, multi-talented artist based in Seattle. Identifying primarily as a musician, she briefly attended McNally Smith College of Music for guitar performance before transferring to complete her Bachelors of Music in piano performance and composition from Cornish College of the Arts.
Her creative work is informed by her Trans- and Queer-ness, growing up Vietnamese-Laotian in midwestern America, and the challenges of finding identity as a minority. Through narrative essay and autofiction, she seeks to challenge conventional stereotypes about trans women, queer relationships, and Asian Americans by plainly rendering scenes of everyday life.
Diane has performed with Marina DeMarco, Julian Finch, Payday, and other acts as guitarist, keyboardist, and cellist. Her writing has been previously published in Fruitslice. Diane currently teaches programming and video game design with youth arts organization Coyote Central. Away from work she spends most of her time on the couch with her cat Iroh and exploring Seattle’s food scene with her partner River.
2026 Writers Program
