Dawn Downey writes essays about her everyday life—introspective stories to lift your spirits and challenge your assumptions. The dilemma she strives to resolve: how to be a sensitive elder woman of color in an insensitive, white-centered, male dominated, youth-oriented culture.
With multiple WIPs vying for her attention, she’s the author of essay collections Listicles, Blindsided, Searching for My Heart, From Dawn to Daylight, and Stumbling Toward the Buddha. Her publishing career began when the Christian Science Monitor published her essay "Jingle Frogs." Since then, her stories have been featured in literary journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Connecting with her readers, she blogs twice-weekly and also hosts Dawn's Monthly Author Reading on Zoom.
When she’s not writing she binge-watches BattleBots. Downey lives with her husband in Kansas City, Missouri.
With multiple WIPs vying for her attention, she’s the author of essay collections Listicles, Blindsided, Searching for My Heart, From Dawn to Daylight, and Stumbling Toward the Buddha. Her publishing career began when the Christian Science Monitor published her essay "Jingle Frogs." Since then, her stories have been featured in literary journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Connecting with her readers, she blogs twice-weekly and also hosts Dawn's Monthly Author Reading on Zoom.
When she’s not writing she binge-watches BattleBots. Downey lives with her husband in Kansas City, Missouri.
BLINDSIDED: ESSAYS FROM THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN IN THE ROOM
2022 Book of the Year Finalist, Independent Author Network
"… seering, painful, and insightful."
—— Steve Kraske, NPR/KCUR Up to Date
“… highly recommended for anyone concerned about … racism in America.”
——D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review Bookwatch
“… provocative, subtle, and captivating – often within the same breath."
—--Self-Publishing Review
“…eye-opening and chilling.”
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“… sometimes humorous and always very real.”
——Cheryl Wilfong, author, The Meditative Gardener
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