BIOGRAPHY donalee is a professional writer and freelance journalist based in Halifax, N.S. Her byline has appeared in more than 100 publications, including The National Post, Chatelaine, Maclean’s, The Lawyers Weekly, and Canadian Business.
Her first mystery novel Hung Out To Die came out in February 2023. it introduced a new, reluctant crime fighter: Riel Brava. Attractive. Razor-sharp. Ambitious. And something more.
Her second novel Conflagration came out in December 2023. It is a Canadian historical mystery based on the true story of an enslaved Black woman accused of arson in 1734 Montreal.
Her non-fiction book about effective communications, The Thong Principle: Saying What You Mean and Meaning What You Say, was published in May 2022.
Her short story Swan Song was one of 21 selected for publication in Cold Canadian Crime, an anthology published by the Crime Writers of Canada.
