Donna Jean Picerno

Donna Jean Picerno was born and raised in New Jersey. She is a wife and mother of two who always put her family first. In 2019, after her two children graduated from high school and started their own lives, Donna made the decision to do something just for her. She left her job of 32 years, moved to North Carolina and starting writing.

Donna Jean writes romantic suspense novels in order to combine the writing style of her two favorite authors into one novel. If you love the heartfelt novels written by Nicholas Sparks and also enjoy the thrill of suspense that can be found in Mary Higgins Clark novels, then you should give Donna Jean's novels a try.

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