Danielle Stonehirsch

Danielle Stonehirsch is an award-winning short story writer, poet, essayist, and now novelist. Her work has appeared in many online journals and print magazines as well as several anthologies. She was a Pushcart Prize nominee of 2021. She has traveled extensively, including in Thailand, where the only dangerous encounter she had was with an angry mother elephant. In her youth, multiple men told her they would not be coming to save her in the zombie apocalypse. She used to be angry about this, but since they inspired her first novel, she has forgiven them. She lives in Maryland with her son and her husband who has vowed to defend her with a machete he bought specifically for this purpose.