Dona MC Camara was born, raised and lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was a practicing social worker in the field of childhood disabilities for over 20 years. 30 years ago, Dona was required to write a short story as part of a university English course. That 30 year old short story, “ The Eyeless Sphinx”, became the basis of this book, “The Eyeless Sphinx And The Book Of Spells”, This is Dona’s first novel and will be her third publication.