Danielle Maisano is a U.S.-born novelist and journalist currently residing in London.  She has a BA in journalism from Wayne State University in Detroit and holds an MA in International Relations from the School of Oriental and African Studies. Her debut novel, The Ardent Witness (Victorina Press, 2019), was inspired by her time as a community health worker for the U.S. Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa. The novel was a finalist for the 2019 International Book Awards fiction category.  She worked as an editor on the E-Magazine Exiled Ink from 2018 – 2024. She has written for The Real Detroit Weekly, WDET Detroit Public Radio, Diem 25 and Shado Magazine and was a contributing editor for the book Resistance: Voices of Exiled Writers (Palewell Press, 2020).  She is currently working on a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of West London.