Danica Nava is an author and Executive Assistant in the tech industry.
An enrolled citizen of the
Chickasaw Nation
The Chickasaw Nation () is a federally recognized Indigenous nation with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States. The Chickasaw Nation descends from an Indigenous population historically located in the southeastern United States, in ...
,
Nava published her first book, ''The Truth According to Ember'' on August 6, 2024.
She was inspired by her deep love of
romantic comedies
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Romantic comedy e ...
, but was frustrated with the lack of
Native American representation:
"I wanted to see a funny, scrappy Native woman trying to get herself out of a mess of her own making and fall in love along the way".
She was inspired to make the love interest of her novel an
IT professional
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data and information processing, and storage. Information technolo ...
from her experience working in the tech industry, noting that "I feel awful with how IT technicians are treated and I always knew Ember’s love interest would work in IT".
''The Truth According to Ember'' received positive reviews.
Kirkus Reviews
''Kirkus Reviews'' is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus. The magazine's publisher, Kirkus Media, is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, no ...
referred to it as "
captivating romance that effortlessly balances laugh-out-loud scenes and heartwarming family moments".
Personal life
Nava has an
MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...
from
USC Marshall School of Business
The USC Marshall School of Business is the business school of the University of Southern California. It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
In 1997 the school was renamed following a $35 million donation fr ...
.
She is married with one child, a daughter.
Bibliography
* ''The Truth According to Ember'', Berkley, 2024
* ''Love is a War Song'',
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References
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Living people
Native American women writers
21st-century American novelists
Chickasaw people