Danielle Ackley-McPhail

Bio: The youngest of five children, Danielle Ackley-McPhail began devouring books at a very young age and eventually developed the talent for telling tales of her own. This love of the written word has followed her throughout her life. She has shared her time and talent with various literary publications, including The Cantilever; The literary journal of Florida Southern College; The Grubstreet Writer, the literary journal of Kean College of NJ; The Taj Mahal Review, published by Cyberwit; and The Amazing Instant Novelist, an on-line writing area sponsored by America Online. Her work has also appeared in the November 2002 and February 2003 issues of Sabledrake Magazine (www.sabledrake.com) and is included in the anthologies Through a Glass Darkly (released by Lite Circle Publications), Voyages - An Anthology of World Poetry, Passion - An Anthology Of The World's Great Short Stories and The Postmodern Temperaments: Fifteen Poets published by Cyberwit. With Bachelors Degrees in both English and Communications from Kean College of NJ, she has worked in the publishing industry for the past eight years. She is currently employed as a Production Manager for Music Sales Corporation. In her first novel, Yesterday's Dreams, she explores the rich mythology of her Celtic heritage and her own longtime fascination with fantasy. She has completed the sequel, Tomorrow's Memories and is now working on a military science fiction novel, entitled Progenesis, with her husband. Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail, mother-in-law Teresa, and three extremely spoiled cats.