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As a media personality for over 25 years, Dian Thomas has conquered television, radio, newspaper, magazines and the Internet, making an impact on the lives of millions of viewers and readers.

Dian has taken her experiences of growing up in Utah as a Forest Ranger’s daughter and used them to inspire, entertain and motivate audiences all over the world. Starting with Roughing It Easy (New York Times Best-seller) and continuing on through to How to Get a Million Dollars’ Worth of Free Publicity™, her books have sold over a million copies and continue in popularity. Her innovative ideas are delightful, her outdoor recipes are mouth-watering and her enthusiasm for life is contagious!

But it’s not all about family fun, indoors and out. To Dian, it’s about empowering her audience to reach new heights and to truly savor life. Her speeches and presentations are filled with passion, creativity and fun…and a lot of sizzle! She mixes her messages with eye-catching and amazing demonstrations that enthrall the audience. It’s always fun when Dian comes to town!

China and Interesting Country
China and Interesting Country

China and Interesting Country

jsteffan2023-02-17T18:35:01+00:00November 1st, 2022|China, Dian's Journey, Travel|

For two weeks I am staying in a beautiful town in Southern China call Yangshuo. Here you see a lovely lake in the middle of the town with the most unusual mountain behind it that I say looks like the back of a camel. There are [...]

My Roughing It Easy Life
My Roughing It Easy Life

My Roughing It Easy Life

jsteffan2023-02-17T15:31:13+00:00October 27th, 2022|Career, Dian's Journey|

My fondness for outdoor cooking, which has always been vivid in my memory, began when I was a very young child. My father was a forest ranger in the Manti-La Sal National Forest in the mountains of southern Utah. I loved to accompany him when [...]

Bringing “Lights, Camera, Action!” Home to Play
Bringing “Lights, Camera, Action!” Home to Play

Bringing “Lights, Camera, Action!” Home to Play

jsteffan2023-11-17T03:51:56+00:00October 18th, 2022|Career, Dian's Journey, Halloween|

The one thing that you can count on in the TV world is change. Shows come and go with ratings. This year in Salt Lake City , a new morning magazine show appeared. Dean Paynter, the news director at KJZZ-TV, decided to put together a [...]

“Three P’s in a Pod” for Stress-Free Living
“Three P’s in a Pod” for Stress-Free Living

“Three P’s in a Pod” for Stress-Free Living

jsteffan2023-01-19T21:40:21+00:00October 12th, 2022|Dian's Journey|

Let’s face it. Challenges are a part of everyday life. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you live, or what you do for a living. You will face problems. As Benjamin Franklin said, “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” It’s [...]

Biography
Biography

Biography

jsteffan2023-01-19T21:47:34+00:00October 5th, 2022|Career, Dian's Journey|

Dian Thomas was blessed with the good fortune to be born and raised in breathtaking southern Utah where her father was a forest ranger. Dian’s family gave her the opportunity to learn camping activities, outdoor cooking techniques and many other skills for creating fun over [...]

From Tonight to Today
From Tonight to Today

From Tonight to Today

jsteffan2023-02-10T19:48:59+00:00September 28th, 2022|Camping, Dian's Journey, Media|

My first appearance on the NBC “Today Show” was in summer of 1977, just after Tom Brokaw joined the show as the host. There had been several attempts to book me on the show before that, but my camping ideas just did not fit with [...]

Selling Educated Worms
Selling Educated Worms

Selling Educated Worms

jsteffan2023-02-14T15:30:22+00:00September 14th, 2022|Childhood, Dian's Journey|

When I was nine, my allowance wouldn't cover the items that I wanted to buy out of the Sears and Roebuck catalog. Monticello only had two small grocery stores. The only place we could shop was in a catalog, and we could only shop with [...]

Ranger Kids
Ranger Kids

Ranger Kids

jsteffan2023-01-18T23:41:18+00:00September 9th, 2022|Childhood, Dian's Journey|

Jared and I were blessed with the good fortune to be born and raised in the breath taking Manti La Salle National Forest in southern, Utah where our father was the forest ranger. I was born just after my parents arrived in Monteicello and Jared [...]

Behind the Scenes in Television Nov. 19, 2014
Behind the Scenes in Television Nov. 19, 2014

Behind the Scenes in Television Nov. 19, 2014

Dian Thomas2023-03-03T22:53:19+00:00April 28th, 2019|Career, Dian's Journey|

I was blessed to have the opportunity to work on TV in the golden age of Television when there were three main stations, NBC, ABC, and CBS. I wrote a book called Roughing it Easy that was released in 1974. It was March 28 when I went [...]

Johnny Carson with Dian Thomas June, 1975
Johnny Carson with Dian Thomas June, 1975

Johnny Carson with Dian Thomas June, 1975

Dian Thomas2022-12-06T22:21:58+00:00September 21st, 2016|Dian's Journey, Media|

“Hereeeee’s Johnny!” I never dreamed that I would hear those words from back stage on the NBC Tonight Show, but on June 4, 1975, that opportunity came. I was in Philadelphia where I had just finished taping The Mike Douglas Show, when I received [...]

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