Anthologies

Cold Canadian Crime

Short Stories

Swan Song Troubled Water Moist

Topics

Craft, Subject Expertise, The Business of Writing

Public Speaking Details

donalee has spoken at conferences, workshops, and other events throughout North America. She regularly discusses the art and craft of writing fiction and non-fiction. This includes everything from drafting content, building characters, handling rejection, and creating a sense of place. As a professional editor, donalee holds workshops on everything from rewriting, revising, and proofreading. One of her most popular topics: grammar. donalee also speaks on the business of writing, getting published, and operating your creative enterprise like a buisness.

Biography

donalee Moulton is an award-winning freelance journalist. She has written articles for print and online publications across North America including The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Lawyer’s Daily, National Post, and Canadian Business. Her first mystery book Hung Out to Die was published in 2023. A second book, an historial mystery, Conflagration, is slated for publication in March 2023. donalee's short story “Swan Song” was one of 21 selected for publication in Cold Canadian Crime. A second short story, also featuring the Iqaluit-based chief of police Doug Brumal, was published in Black Cat Weekly. A literary short story “Moist” was published in After Dinner Conversation and The Antigonish Review. As well, donalee is the author of the new book The Thong Principle: Saying What You Mean and Meaning What You Say, and co-authored the book, Celebrity Court Cases: Trials of the Rich and Famous. donalee has published numerous poems, short stories and essays in journals and other publications across Canada and beyond. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, happily surrounded by family, friends, pets, and words of all shapes, sizes, and syllables.