Dana Thomson
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Dana Thomson

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Dana Thomson writes about how we hold what breaks us – grief, love, care and the spaces in between. Her work explores the inner lives of ordinary people navigating extraordinary change, with a particular interest in memory, identity, resilience and the quiet emotional labour that often goes unseen.

This collection was inspired by conversations with dementia carers during a health project, where Dana listened to stories of devotion, exhaustion, humour and heartbreak that rarely make it into public conversation. She was moved by the courage of carers and the complexity of loving someone through decline, and wanted to honour those experiences through fiction.

Professionally, Dana has spent many years working in human-centred design, storytelling and lived-experience engagement across tourism, hospitality, the arts, health and sustainability. Her work has involved helping people share difficult truths in ways that create empathy, insight and change.

As a writer, she is drawn to the emotional thresholds of life: the moments when certainty disappears and people must find a new way to live, love or begin again. Her style has been described as compassionate, observant and deeply human.

Dana lives in Australia and is currently working on further books exploring grief, personal transformation, travel and the many ways people rebuild after change. This is her first published collection.
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