Dana Kinsey has a BA in English and an MA in Theater from Villanova University. She is a poet, actor, freelance writer, fine-arts teacher, and theater director.

Her poetry and prose have been published by several national and international literary journals, including ​SWWIM, Sweet Lit, Wild Roof Journal, Streetcake, On The Sea Wall, Hive,  Sledgehammer Lit, West Trestle Review, Drunk Monkeys, ONE ART, Prose Online, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, The Champagne Room, Writers Resist, Fledgling Rag, and For Women Who Roar.

Dana's poetry chapbook Mixtape Venus was published in April 2022 from I. Giraffe Press and is available for purchase online. It was featured as the "Wardrobe's Best Dressed" for the Sundress Blog at Sundress Publications. 
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Dana's play, WaterRise, premiered at the Gene Frankel Theatre in Greenwich Village in 2015 and was also produced by Sagesse Productions as a short film.  

Dana is a teaching artist with  Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.