Donna Maree Hanson

Donna Maree Hanson is a Canberra-based writer of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and under the pseudonym, Dani Kristoff, paranormal romance. She has been writing creatively since November 2000 and has been a member of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild (CSFG) since 2001. She has had about 20 short stories published in various small press and ezines. In January 2013, her first longer work, Rayessa & the Space Pirates, was published with Harlequin's digital imprint, Escape. This was followed by Rae and Essa's Space Adventures in 2015. In September 2014, the first book in the Dragon Wine series, Shatterwing was published Momentum Books (Pan Macmillan Australia's Digital Imprint). The second book, Skywatcher, was published in October 2014. In 2015, she was awarded the A. Bertram Chandler Award for services to science fiction in Australia.
Donna is currently a PhD candidate researching popular romance fiction.
Her new epic fantasy, Argenterra: Silverlands Book 1, is out in 2016. The Crystal Gate: Silverlands Book 2 in the second half of 2016.
You can find out more about Donna on her blog. http://donnamareehanson.wordpress.com
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