Donna Beumler
Donna is the author of the legal thriller Criminal/Lawyer, and has also published several poems and short stories. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Donna is a former lawyer and retired judge who has made her home on Hawaii Island since 2014. She was the secretary of the Hawaii Writers Guild from 2022 through 2024. Like most writers, Donna is also a voracious reader, and has been greatly influenced in many different and important ways by women writers across genres and generations, including women who write stories of Hawaii, such as Kiana Davenport and Susanna Moore.
Donna’s Published Book
Criminal - Lawyer
Told with a rare and visceral authenticity, Criminal/Lawyer is the story of criminal defense attorney Alice Dreyer, and of her clients: murderers, rapists, and drug addicts. She represents them all. Awash in the dark and sometimes deranged world of the criminal justice system, Alice's colleagues will become her strongest supporters and most cherished friends, until a shocking betrayal forces Alice to chart a perilous course between right and wrong, justice and injustice, criminal and criminal lawyer. Reviewer Sherri Fulmer Moorer (Readers Favorites) has said of Criminal/Lawyer that the novel is "so well written, I thought I was reading a true, firsthand account. The story is told with passion and knowledge. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys legal thrillers."
