Donna spent her youth backpacking around the world. When she returned to New Zealand, she worked for NZ’s international airline.

After freelancing reporting on adventure travel: camel riding in the Sahara, hiking in Tibet, and journeying through Africa and Asia on a shoestring (to name but a few), she put long layovers in exotic destinations to good use, studying journalism extramurally.

When the chance came to work as a travel editor for a popular car magazine, her foot was already on the accelerator, and she spent several years exploring every inch of New Zealand in late model cars.

With hundreds of thousands of words written on NZ road travel, her first book was commissioned in 2004 by Apex Car Rentals, her story telling skills put to good use engaging customers with the brand in print and digital. This was followed by several years juggling book contracts with publishers in NZ, Australia, Singapore, and the UK, her words being used to promote New Zealand to the world. Throughout this time she continued working as editor-in-chief on three different magazines, managing a creative team.

These days writing and publishing are second nature. Donna now holds a Master’s degree in Creative Writing. She is widely published and digitally savvy. She edits for clients on a freelance/contract basis, and spends her spare time writing fiction, some of which is available for purchase.

Donna is a longstanding member of the New Zealand Society of Authors, and belongs to the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, the Storylines Foundation of NZ, RWNZ, and the Buy New Zealand made campaign. In 2013, she won an Excellence in the Arts Business Award for the Kiwi Critters series (100% NZ Made), and for four consecutive years, 2003-2006, she made the finals of the Cathay Pacific Travel Media Awards. She is available for school visits through Read NZ.

Whether it’s story telling to develop or refresh a brand, reviewing or overhauling digital content, or editing copy, Donna has a natural flair with words, and for creating a journey that everyone wants to take, connecting businesses with their audience.