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Ghost Orchid – COMING November 1, 2026 from Lake Union Publishing!

Deep in the swamps of Florida, a grieving park ranger forms a friendship with a mysterious recluse—and uncovers long-rumored secrets about a plant that raises the dead. Once ambitious and spontaneous, all park ranger Miranda wants after losing her best friend is stillness. Her…

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The Language of the Mountains

In a country ruined by sea level rise, plague, and wildfires, Jess Diaz leaves her father’s body in their home in Las Vegas, packs a gun she doesn’t know how to use, and heads for the border wall west of the Mississippi River. Her…

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The Future Beneath the River

Merritt Wagner, a long-time National Park Service employee, is hired into a management position at a national park in the wilds of Pennsylvania. A couple weeks into the new job, Merritt discovers the park exists not only to protect natural and cultural resources, but…

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Launching an author newsletter

There’s only 74 days to go until the launch of my debut novel, Ghost Orchid! Exciting things are happening and I’d love to share them with you. I also spend a lot of time contemplating the beauty of hemlock varnish shelf fungi, debating the…

Posted on August 19, 2026 by Dani Cessna

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🎉🎉COVER REVEAL!!🎉🎉

I am beyond enamored with the cover of my debut novel, Ghost Orchid!! It far exceeds what I had imagined this book would look like. PRE-ORDERS for paperbacks are live on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org and other places books are sold. I’ll let…

Posted on March 19, 2026 by Dani Cessna

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Publishing deal during hard times

The last few months have been tough. No, no. The last few years. I’ve been fighting endometriosis tooth and nail for a while now. There’s been so many darn surgeries and so many complications from all the scar tissue that’s making my pelvic organs…

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Dani Cessna

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