Donna Alward can't remember a time when she didn't love books. When her mother would take her to town, her 'treat' was not clothes or candy but a trip to the bookstore. This followed through university, as she studied English Literature, writing short stories and poetry, but never attempting full-length fiction.

In 2001 her sister told her to just get out there and do it, and after completing her first manuscript she was hooked. She lives in Alberta, Canada with her husband and children, and when not writing is involved in music and volunteering at her children's school.