D. L. McDermott is the pen name of TV writer Donna Thorland. Donna was raised in Bergenfield, New Jersey, studied Classics and Art History at Yale, and after college worked at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, where she managed architecture and interpretation and wrote and produced the Witch City's most popular Halloween festival. Donna later studied at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and her short films have been featured on Ain't It Cool News and shown internationally and on PBS. She is currently employed as a writer on the WGN drama, SALEM. Donna is married with two cats and divides her time between Los Angeles and the real Salem. Visit her at: www.dlmcdermott.net and www.donnathorland.com Or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dlmcdermottauthor Or Twitter: https://twitter.com/D_L_McDermott