The Latest News and Events
Donna and Diana Gabaldon at HNS2013
Donna with famed fashion designer and author Zac Posen at the Newport International Wine and Food Festival
Donna with Steven Tyler Of Aerosmith
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Donna is on hiatus from in-person events to care for an elderly parent. She is, as always, open to virtual events.
Donna will not appear at ‘book clubs’, requiring her to pay. Do not message her or her team; you will not receive a response.
To all the true and wonderful book clubs out there, please get in touch!
Latest News
VINCENT’S WOMEN a bestseller in US, UK, EU, AUS
GILDED SUMMERS is officially an International Amazon Bestseller
PORTRAIT OF A CONSPIRACY recognized by Barnes and Noble as one of the five novels to render Leonardo da Vinci most accurately.
Donna has been contracted by a consortium of international producers to write a screenplay for a feature film.
Recent honors:
VINCENT’S WOMEN’S earns finalist place in the:
Independent Authors Book of the Year 2025
Next Generation Indie Books Awards 2025
CIBA Goethe (Late Historical) Awards 2025
MURDER IN THE DUOMO: Da Vinci’s Disciples TV WINNER of the GOLDEN DRAFT AWARD 2022!
MURDER IN THE DUOMO: Da Vinci’s Disciples TV Pilot places as a Quarterfinalist in Stage 32’s Female Voice Script Competition
THE COMPETITION honored as an Editor’s Choice by the Historical Novel Society
PORTRAIT OF A CONSPIRACY now a current finalist in Foreword Magazine’s Best Book of the Year Award
PORTRAIT OF A CONSPIRACY awarded 5 Stars by Readers' Favorites
The King's Agent honored as a "Finalist" in the "Fiction: Historical" category of the USA Book News Best Books of the Year Contest
The King's Agent: New England Book Festival Honorable Mention Awardee
To Serve a King: Finalist: USA Book News Best Books of the Year 2011
Previous Events:
Friends of Middletown Library, Keynote Speaker, March 2020
In Newport, Rhode Island
at the Newport Mansions Store, 1 Bannister's Wharf
During the Daffodil Days Festival - 2019 - present
During the Oyster Fest - present
Donna's Previous Major Appearances include:
Historical Novel Society North American Conference, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2025
Writer’s Digest Annual Conference (virtual) 2020, 2021
Newport Winter Festival, 2019
Newburyport Literary Festival, 2019
Newport International Food and Wine Festival, 2018, 2019
Writer's Digest Annual Conference, 2016
Hollihock Writers Conference, 2015
Newburyport Literary Festival, 2015
Historical Novel Society Conference, 2015
Rhode Island Author Expo, 2014
Big Book Getaway, Mohegan Sun, Sponsored by the Mark Twain House, 2014
American Association of University Women Author's Luncheon, 2013
RT Booklovers Convention, May 2013
National Organization of Italian American Women, November 2013
Mount Holyoke College, Write Angles Conference, October 2013
RIRW, February 2012
Delta Kappa Gamma, Keynote Speaker, Fall Conference, October 2010