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Donna Fisher

About

Donna Fisher is a British-born writer now living in Queensland, Australia. She was shortlisted for the 2025 Bridport Short Story Prize, and her work has been featured on BBC Radio. Her poetry and short fiction regularly appear in literary magazines including Litro, Beyond Words, and samfiftyfour. In 2021, she self-published her debut novel Queentide, which won an Indie Books We Love award from LoveReading.

Donna writes across genres—from the feminist dystopia of Queentide to the forthcoming book-club drama Sheep’s Clothing—but a common thread runs through all her work: transformation.

She is currently completing a Master of Creative Writing at Edith Cowan University. When she isn’t writing, she is usually drinking a lot of tea.

You can read Donna’s poetry, stories, and personal essays on her Substack.

Other Writing

The Benefits of Forest Therapy - Poem and Interview chosen as a 'Best of

This was my first radio interview and the first time I performed spoken word poetry, reading my poem I Am A Forest. I spoke to presenter Emma Millen about forest therapy and how it influences my writing. It was chosen to be included in Best of Upload 2025. You can listen to the interview and the poem on BBC Sounds.

Bad Influencer - Editor's Pick in Litro Magazine My strange short story Bad

My strange short story Bad Influencer, was an editor's pick in Litro Magazine. It's a tale about how social media changes us...but not in the way you might think.

Praise

I am now a big fan of this author and hope she will grace us soon with more thoughts, ideas, and stories.

– Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite Reviewer

An evocative merging of political thriller and dystopian fiction, ‘Queentide’ has claws. It is a gripping read with grit, heart and good intentions and I’d highly recommend it.

– Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading Ambassador

I will probably be thinking about Queentide for many days and weeks to come and I will definitely be looking out for Donna Fisher’s future novels.

– Gemma Best, Goodreads

Latest Updates

Short Story - This is a self portrait - appearing in issue XII of

My short story, this is a self portrait, is in the new issue of literary magazine samfiftyfour. The issue includes 40 new works from 27 writers representing 8 countries across 5...