DONNA MILNER used to work in real estate until her husband encouraged her to start writing. Now she cannot imagine doing anything else and is working on her next novel. After River is a fairytale publishing story in the making: the manuscript was discovered in Milner s UK agent s slush pile and is now being published in Canada, the U.S., the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Holland. Donna Milner lives in British Columbia with her husband.