Donna Kaulkin

Welcome to my PWR Author's Page - Donna Kaulkin

​Websites:  

• ​Stories and poems - www.donnatellsstories.com
• ​All about my novel - www.BrendaCorriganWentDowntown.com​

Donna Kaulkin is the author of “Brenda Corrigan Went Downtown,” a novel published in 2013. She was the guest of numerous book clubs, where she read excerpts and discussed the book. The book launch was hosted by Orinda Books, and Benicia Books also hosted a reading.
 
Works for theater include:

• “The Ghost of Wu,” a full-length play about Tang-era Empress Wu, the only woman ever to rule China in her own right, was a finalist in the East Bay Playwriting Project in 2005, sponsored by critic Pat Craig.
• “The Ghost of Wu,” rewritten as a musical in collaboration with composer Michael Kaulkin, was honored with an elaborate reading with music in Los Angeles. Not Quite Opera company of San Francisco featured several of our songs in an evening of theater music.
• “Woman at the Washington Zoo,” a one-act play, was given two staged readings at the Washington (DC) Theater Festival.

Poems and short stories appeared in:

• “Center Pieces,” a juried anthology of works by Washington (DC) Writers’ Center members
• “Rye Bread, Women Poets Rising”
• “Gargoyle”

 
Professional history:

• Editorial Director, McGraw-Hill Aviation Group
• Managing Editor, U.S. Pharmacopoeia

Free-Lance Writer/Editor:

• Monthly publication for the aviation industry
• Articles for “Diablo,” “Diablo Arts” and “Art Contemporaries”
• Two books about The Washington Ballet

Education/Other Experience:

• ​B.A. in English, Georgetown University
• President, American News Women's Club, in Washington, DC

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