Diane M. Byrne has been covering megayachts since 1993. She writes for a variety of yachting publications, including Super Yacht World, Boat Exclusive, and Ocean magazine, and is a recipient of the Clarion Award for Best Feature Writing from the Association for Women in Communications.

Diane is the creator of MegayachtNews.org, the only independent, professionally written, daily-updated Web site devoted to sailing yachts and motoryachts 80 feet and larger. Launched in 2007, it was named to The Helium Report's (now Halogen Guides') best yacht blogs list, and it has been referenced by Reuters, Forbes.com, The Wall Street Journal, and others.

She is a member of the International Superyacht Society and a founding member of the United States Superyacht Association. Diane previously served as executive editor of Power & Motoryacht magazine.