Canadian literature D'anna was born in Steinbach, Manitoba and currently resides in Winnipeg.
Belly Fruit, an erotic murder-mystery published by New Star Books in 2000, is a farcical examination of contemporary relationships.
D'anna wrote "Captain Don Murray: Highliner & Adventurer," a privately commissioned biography, published in 2008.
She was a regular contributor to Zygote magazine, a feature books page columnist at Interchange, and has contributed to a large number of literary journals and newspapers during the course of her career.
She is past-president of Prairie Fire Press board of directors, past mentor to emerging writers in the Manitoba Writers Guild Mentor Program, and awards jurist for the Manitoba Arts Council.