What was your favorite picture book as a kid?
A Child’s Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson

What was the first “real” book (with chapters and without pictures) you remember reading?
The Cherry Ames, Nurse series

What was your favorite book in high school?
Anything with horses.

What was your least favorite book in high school?
Anything by Shakespeare.

What was the last novel you read?
The Ambassador’s Daughter. Am currently reading News of the World by Paulette Jiles.

What was the last nonfiction book you read?
How NOT to Read the Bible by Dan Kimball

Which book lived up to the hype (from the past 1-2 years)?
Not sure I’ve read a book that released in the last two years.

Which book do you love that needs more hype?
Christmas Charity

What’s next on your fiction TBR list?
The War Widow by Tara Moss.

What’s next on your nonfiction TBR list?
Twelve Extraordinary Women by John F. MacArthur Jr.

Tell us about your newest release/upcoming release.

A Mommy by Christmas is set in Christmas Ridge, Colorado, and is a contemporary romance with a touch of mystery. It is also serving as the first in my own series, “Tails of Christmas Ridge”, featuring a veterinarian, his young son, and his new wife. A Mommy by Christmas: A community care center, a calico cat, and Christmas—can a single middle-aged woman bring a town together in time to celebrate the King’s birthday? Can a widowed father find a reason to join in? And can the pair see God at work in their lives?

Is there anything else you’d like to share?
I love to write, and I love to help writers. One thing I learned early on is that I cannot possibly write fast enough to keep my readers satisfied, so I began a monthly newsletter that features authors who write clean and sweet or inspirational stories or non-fiction. My writing has nothing to do with how many books I sell, but it’s all about the One I write for and about. Without God, no story is worth telling.

A hybrid author, Donna writes squeaky clean historical and contemporary suspense. She has been published more than 60 times in books; is a member of several writers groups; facilitates a critique group; teaches writing classes; ghostwrites; edits; and judges in writing contests. She loves history and research, traveling extensively for both, and is an avid oil painter. She is taking all the information she’s learned along the way about the writing and publishing process, and is coaching committed career writers.

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