About the Author

Donna Hemans was born in Jamaica, and currently resides in Maryland. Her first novel River Woman was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in 2003 and co-winner of the 2003-4 Towson University Prize for Literature. She was named Best New Author for 2002 by Black Issues Book Review. Donna has received grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Prince George's County Arts Council.

Donna's short fiction has appeared or will appear in Caribbean Writer, Crab Orchard Review, MaComere: The Journal of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars and THEMA. She is at work on her second novel.

Donna is the Spring 2004 Lannan Visiting Creative Writer in Residence at Georgetown University and is also an instructor at the Writer's Center in Bethesda. She received her undergraduate degree in English and Media Studies from Fordham University and an MFA from American University.

Honors:

• Co-winner 2003-4 Towson University Prize for Literature
• Finalist Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2003
• Named Best New Author for 2002
  by Black Issues Book Review
• River Woman cited as Best New Fiction for 2002
  by Black Issues Book Review
  
  

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