A Michigan native who studied writing in school, Donna first came to Vegas to make costumes and soon was weaving the stories she heard in the back of the girl's dressing room into her first novel. Now she is the author of the 'Alexandra Merritt Mysteries,' which include 'The Last Two Aces in Las Vegas,' 'The Las Vegas Desert Flower,' 'The Las Vegas Special,' 'Rough Ride in Vegas', 'M.I.A. Las Vegas' and 'Lost Luggage'.

She also has several other stand-alone thrillers available on Kindle, 'Desperate Ambition,' about a political assassination, 'The Right Society,' about a devout Christian family that moves into a religious community and finds it's easier to get in than it is to get out, and 'The Other Hand,' about a famous athlete who leaves his family for a young, virginal girl. Shortly after they divorce, she winds up slaughtered. He is the primary suspect, but not the only one.

Donna has a popular series of historical romances, "The Manhattan Stories", 'Jessica', 'Pillsbury Crossing', 'The Cabin' and 'Kimimela'. A 5th in the series is in progress.

Her light-hearted work in both paperback and on Kindle is 'Conversations With Skip,' the story of a shelter dog adopted by a young woman having trouble sleeping after her divorce. With his unusual ability to communicate, he is soon running her life, arranging her romances, and teaching her to laugh again.

She has also written three screenplays, a stage play, poetry, short stories, and a deeply personal account of her grandmother's life titled 'Maude' which spent more than 16 weeks running on the Wall Street journal's best-sellers list, has been translated and published in Italy, with Russian and German translations soon to follow.

Donna stills takes occasional classes at UNLV and at writer's conferences and is an active member of the Anthem Author's in Henderson, NV.