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Donna Hemans is the author of three novels, River Woman, Tea by the Sea, and The House of Plain Truth. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in Electric Literature, Ms. Magazine, and Crab Orchard Review, among others. She earned an MFA from American University and an undergraduate degree from Fordham University. She serves on the PEN/Faulkner Foundation board and is also the owner of DC Writers Room, a coworking studio for writers based in Washington, D.C.

Find her online at donnahemans.com. On Instagram and Bluesky, she’s @donna_hemans.