Hanson, Donna Maree
Entry updated 16 February 2026. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(? - ) Australian author who began to publish work of genre interest with "Absence of Mind" in the online Redsine for June 2001. Her first book-length fiction was Rayessa and the Space Pirates (2013 ebook), opening the Love and Space Pirates sequence of lively, light-hearted Young Adult sf romances. She has also published two fantasy series: Dragon Wine opening with Shatterwing (2014), featuring dragons (see Supernatural Creatures), and Silverlands opening with Argenterra (2016 ebook). The Cry Havoc sequence whose first volume is Ruby Heart (2018) ventures entertainingly into nineteenth-century Steampunk territory. Awakening: A Colony Five Novel (2022) is Hard SF – though again touched with romance – set on a colony world (see Colonization of Other Worlds) whose long peacefulness is disrupted by orders to awaken its "cold soldiers" from Suspended Animation to face an unknown threat, only for most of these sleepers to be soon destroyed by sabotage. Shorter sf is assembled in Beneath the Floating City and Other Science Fiction Stories (coll 2018) and Robot Hearts: Science Fiction Short Stories (coll 2024 ebook). Under the pseudonym Dani Kristoff, Hanson also publishes what she calls "steamy to very hot paranormal romance" [these titles are not listed below].
Encounters: An Anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction (anth 2004) with Maxine McArthur is a competent and knowledgeable anthology of the titular field. Hanson's nonfiction study Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview (2005) provides a useful survey. In 2015 she received the Chandler Award for outstanding career achievement in Australian sf. [DRL]
further awards or honours: Fan Funds.
Donna Maree Hanson
born Australia
works
series
Love and Space Pirates
- Rayessa and the Space Pirates (Australia: Harlequin Enterprises, Australia / Escape Publishing, 2013) [ebook: Love and Space Pirates: na/]
- Ray and Essa's Space Adventures (Australia: Harlequin Enterprises, Australia / Escape Publishing, 2015) [ebook: Love and Space Pirates: na/]
- Rayessa and the Space Pirates: Omnibus Edition (Australia: Donna Maree Hanson, 2020) [omni of the above two: Love and Space Pirates: pb/]
- Opi Battles the Space Pirates (place not given: Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, 2017) [ebook: Love and Space Pirates: na/]
Dragon Wine
- Shatterwing (Sydney, New South Wales: Pan Macmillan Australia / Momentum, 2014) [Dragon Wine: pb/]
- Skywatcher (Sydney, New South Wales: Pan Macmillan Australia / Momentum, 2014) [Dragon Wine: pb/]
- Dragon Wine Volume One (Australia: Donna Maree Hanson, 2018) [omni of the above two: ebook: Dragon Wine: na/]
- Deathwings (Australia: Aust Speculative Fiction, 2017) [Dragon Wine: pb/]
- Bloodstorm (Australia: Aust Speculative Fiction, 2017) [Dragon Wine: pb/]
- Dragon Wine Volume Two (Australia: Donna Maree Hanson, 2018) [omni of the above two: ebook: Dragon Wine: na/]
- Skyfire (Australia: Donna Maree Hanson, 2017) [Dragon Wine: pb/]
- Moonfall (Australia: Donna Maree Hanson, 2018) [Dragon Wine: pb/]
- Dragon Wine Volume Three (Australia: Donna Maree Hanson, 2018) [omni of the above two: ebook: Dragon Wine: na/]
Silverlands
- Argenterra (Australia: Aust Speculative Fiction, 2016) [ebook: Silverlands: na/]
- Oathbound (Australia: Aust Speculative Fiction, 2017) [Silverlands: pb/]
- Ungiven Land (Australia: Aust Speculative Fiction, 2017) [Silverlands: pb/]
Cry Havoc
- Ruby Heart (Australia: Australian Speculative Fiction, 2018) [Cry Havoc: hb/]
- Emerald Fire (Australia: Australian Speculative Fiction, 2019) [Cry Havoc: hb/]
- Amber Rose (Australia: Australian Speculative Fiction, 2025) [Cry Havoc: hb/]
- The Prudential Light (Australia: Australian Speculative Fiction, 2025) [Cry Havoc: hb/]
individual titles
- Vorn and the First Comers (Australia: Aust Speculative Fiction, 2019) [ebook: na/]
- Awakening: A Colony Five Novel (Australia: Australian Speculative Fiction, 2022) [pb/Patty Jensen]
collections
- Johnny Phillips, Werewolf Detective: The Collected Case Files (Australia: Aust Speculative Fiction, 2008) with Robbie Matthews (Hanson anonymous) [coll: pb/Nick Stathopoulos]
- Beneath the Floating City and Other Science Fiction Stories (Australia: Aust Speculative Fiction, 2018) [coll: pb/Patty Jansen]
- Through These Eyes: Tales of Magic Realism and Fantasy (Australia: Donna Maree Hanson, 2018) [coll: pb/]
- Robot Hearts: Science Fiction Short Stories (place not given: Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, 2024) [coll: ebook: na/]
nonfiction
- Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview (Australia: Aust Speculative Fiction, 2005) [nonfiction: pb/Nick Stathopoulos]
works as editor
- Encounters: An Anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild, 2004) with Maxine McArthur [anth: pb/Les Petersen]
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