Donna Russo Morin

Donna Russo Morin is the international bestselling author of eight multi-award-winning historical novels including GILDED SUMMERS, a Novel of Newport’s Gilded Age, inspired by the city on the sea in her home state of Rhode Island. It’s sequel, GILDED DREAMS, The Journey to Suffrage, will release June 2020. \n\nHer other award-winning works include PORTRAIT OF A CONSPIRACY: Da Vinci’s Disciples Book One (a finalist in Foreword Reviews BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR, hailed by Barnes and Noble as one of ‘5 novels that get Leonardo da Vinci Right’), and THE COMPETITION: Da Vinci’s Disciples Book Two (EDITOR’S CHOICE, Historical Novel Society Review). The final book in her Da Vinci’s Disciples trilogy, THE FLAMES OF FLORENCE, released May 8, 2018. \n\nWith the release of BIRTH: Once, Upon a New Time Book One, Donna returns to her first genre love... epic fantasy. Since February 15, 2019, BIRTH is available in three formats. The trilogy is medieval fantasy with a double-edged sword: one of blood, the other of lust. \n\nA 25-year professional editor/story consultant, her work spans more than 40 manuscripts. She holds a BA in Communications and an A.A. in English Literature. Donna teaches writing courses at her state’s most prestigious adult learning center, online for Writer’s Digest University, and has presented at national and academic conferences for over ten years. In addition to her writing, Donna has worked as a model and an actor with appearances in Showtime’s Brotherhood and Martin Scorsese’s The Departed. Currently under contract to a consortium of international producers, Donna has added screenwriting to her professional acumen.\n \nHer sons—Devon, an opera singer; and Dylan, a chef—are still, and always will be, her greatest works.\n\nwww.donnarussomorin.com\n\n