Donelle McKinley is a writer, editor and publisher working internationally. She began her professional life in the wonderful world of rare and collectable books, and moved on to roles at McGraw Hill and Otago University Press. Beyond publishing, she has worked in the digital space for the love of cultural heritage, the arts, and higher education. Donelle holds qualifications in English Literature, Art History, Information Studies, and Publishing, and studied Book History at New College, University of Oxford. She contributed to the anthology Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child-adjacent (Massey University Press, 2024) and is author of The Integrity Cure (Thorndon Press, 2025).