"Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them." A Room with a View, E.M. Forster

Donelle McKinley is a New Zealand-born writer and freelance editor. She is a former Manager of Hard to Find Books, Marketing Manager of Otago University Press, and National Sales Representative for McGraw Hill. Beyond publishing, she has worked in the digital space for the love of cultural heritage, the arts, and education.

Donelle holds a Diploma in Book Publishing, Editing and Proofreading from the New Zealand Institute of Business Studies, a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Art History from University of Auckland, a BA Honours from University of Canterbury, and a Master of Information Studies from Victoria University of Wellington. She studied history of the book as a scholarship recipient at New College, University of Oxford.

An essay from her forthcoming memoir The Integrity Cure (Thorndon Press, 2025) is published in the collection Otherhood (Massey University Press, 2024). Find out more at donellemckinley.com

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