Get to know Donna Hemans

Donna Hemans is the award-winning author of River Woman and Tea by the Sea. Her writing has appeared in Electric Literature, Ms. Magazine, and Crab Orchard Review, and she is the owner of D.C. Writers Room. Born in Jamaica, Hemans lives in Maryland.

Hometown

Greenbelt

Fun fact

I’d like to climb to the highest peak of every Caribbean island

Favorite author

I have favorite books rather than a favorite author and among my favorites are God of Small Things, Beloved, The Shadow King

Favorite place in the world

any Caribbean beach

Favorite place to read

the front verandah of my childhood home

Books by Donna Hemans