Who is the Date Diva?

Kristi DeWitt, AKA Date Diva, was born and raised in Anchorage, AK, where she enlisted in the dating corps at the age of 16. After serving honorably in the dating trenches for 25 years, DeWitt decided to use her powers for good and share her strategic tactics, MAN-euvers, and humorous tales from the front lines with her comrades in arms – YOU!

Date Diva’s Path

With a strong background in the marketing and advertising industry, DeWitt’s writing career began in 1990. As an advertising copywriter, she wrote ad copy for a wide variety of large, small and medium-sized businesses. Career advancements led to an advertising account manager position for a fortune 500 company. She later joined a top-rated advertising agency as an account executive.

Diva Inspiration

With strong creative talents and captivating story-telling abilities, DeWitt always knew she’d write a best-selling book one day. She just didn’t know whether her book would be fiction, non-fiction, Sci-fi, or a how-to book.

The inspiration for writing “Stories From the Dating Trenches” happened one stranger-than-fiction date at a time. Mark Twain’s words, “Write what you know,” pointed the way to writing this Dating Manual. DeWitt began jotting down her odd dating experiences five years ago, and in 2008 she realized she had accumulated a wealth of valuable – and extremely entertaining – material.

After seeing a film called The Opus, the sequel to The Secret, DeWitt’s boyfriend, Arthur, asked her what her Opus was. At that moment, she got goosebumps and realized she had one burning desire: She was compelled to write this book. The next two years were an epic adventure of researching the dating industry, collecting stories from singles across America, and writing dating tips & tactics.

Date MANual Debrief

DeWitt finally achieved her goal and wrote an entertaining book that’s packed with practical, useful tactics and offers hysterical, true stories of good, bad and ugly date experiences. While DeWitt doesn’t hold herself above any of the antics in her book, she sticks to her story: “I’ve been there, done that and changed a few names. I won’t confess that some of the stories might be my own because my parents would be pissed.”

Currently, “Stories From the Dating Trenches” is only available at DeWitt’s book signings and on her website. Her distribution channels are expected to expand, but until then, her dog is enjoying making an obstacle course out of the piles of books in her foyer.