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Biography

Author of eight exotic, international and multicultural novels, Kristina O'Donnelly was born in Rome, Italy, from an Austrian mother and Italian father, and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. She was a journalist and poet in Turkey. Kristina O’Donnelly’s diversified rucksack of professional experiences span 25 + years and include acting, writing (journalist, columnist, magazine editor, and publisher). Married to her soulmate, Michael, of County Armagh, Northern Ireland, Kristina feels at home in Turkey, Ireland, as well as U.S.A. Her main body of work is Lands of the Morning™, a series of 10 novels. Kaleidoscopic, exotic, international, ethnically diverse, Lands of the Morning™ is Michenesque in scope. The fruit of a lifetime of research and writing, this series is fiction based upon authentic, contemporary as well as historical backgrounds. The Horseman, lead novel of the Lands of the Morning ™ Series, has won two awards, including Romance Novel of the Year, Grandprize, by Jada Press, 2004, and in 2005, won the Multicultural Novel of the Year, POW! Award. Other awards: KORINNA - Daughters of the Fire, I: Eppie Award Historical Fiction Finalist, 2008: POW! Award for Women's Fiction, 2008; International Jada Awards, Honorary Mention, 2007.

Inspiration

Her beloved, late parents, Kristina Geraldine von Landeck and Sami Alberto aka David Vendresha.