“An unforgettable collection, as lovely as it is honest.”
–Lee Martin
An IndieBooks Finalist
“Donna Baier Stein is a discovery.”
–C. Michael Curtis, The Atlantic
“An artistic, sympathetic imagining of the life of a 19th-century woman who made headlines for all the wrong reasons.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“It is hard to think of a voice as compassionate and full of grace.”
–Laura Boss
About Donna
Award-winning novelist, short story writer, and poet. Originally from Kansas City, Donna now lives in New Jersey, writing full-time. She also founded and publishes Tiferet Journal. FULL BIO
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Reviews
“(Sympathetic People) is a brilliantly edgy collection of stories that gets under your skin as even as it illuminates love, lust - and everything in between.”
–Caroline Leavitt
“(In The Silver Baron's Wife) Stein's blend of love story, scandal, and mystic experience is satisfying and entertaining.”
–Publishers Weekly
News
Listen to Donna's interview on the How Do You Write podcast
Read Donna's article on PBS' Next Avenue: "Pandemic Stress Leads to Forgetting and Remembering"
Scenes from the Heartland has been named a Finalist in this year's Foreword Reviews Book of the Year award.
Read the review of Scenes from the Heartland by Women's Voices for Change
Interview with Kelly Fordon, March 1, 2021
Ongoing Writing workshops on Spiritual Poetry, Ekphrastic Writing, and Memoir
Workshop on Ekphrastic writing, Juicy Wise Women, December 2020
Workshop on Ekphrastic Writing, International Women's Writing Guild, October 2020
Interview with Jeff Rutherford: Reading & Writing - Virtual, October 1, 2020
“Donna Baier Stein writes with the grace and precision of a poet.”