Dena Hankins (born December 1, 1975) is an American novelist and short story author, best known for queer and transgender erotic romance.

[3] Literary blog Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews[4] chose Blue Water Dreams for inclusion in its "Best of 2014" top ten list.

"[5] Hankins' second novel, Heart of the Lilikoi, features an erotic romance between a cisgender lesbian construction contractor and a masculine genderqueer solar energy scientist in the midst of sabotage, murder, and the Hawaiian sovereignty movement.

[7] Lysistrata Cove, published in September 2016, is a romance within a tale of high seas adventure while examining questions of artistic autonomy within the U.S. music industry.

[14] Hankins chronicles her "Around the World in 80 Years" traveling adventures as well as pieces from her growing body of literary work at her blog, Sovereign Nations.