Danna is passionate about making science accessible and breaking barriers to STEM.

Danna’s debut STEM nonfiction picture book, REWRITING THE RULES, was acquired by Carol Hinz at Millbrook Press and will be released in hardcover on September 9, 2025! Available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Target!

Danna’s unpublished novel-in-verse was recently awarded the PJ Our Way Partial Author’s Incentive Award. She has also been awarded a prestigious writing fellowship for 2025 that is currently unannounced (details to come soon).

She has also won numerous other awards, including Highlights scholarships (2023) and a prestigious PJ Library/Highlights Picture Book Camp (2022), amongst other writing contests.

Danna is published in prestigious scientific journals, including Science, Neuron, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, as well as several newspapers and blogs. As a scientist, she has been interviewed by the New York Times and was featured on the Magical Mommy Monday podcast.

Danna is a member of Inked Voiced, 12x12, and SCBWI.

In her spare time, she is a regular contributor for Writers’ Rumpus and a judge for the Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair.

Before pursuing her aspirations as a children’s literature author, Danna Zeiger was Biology Professor and Program Director for Fisher College’s Biology Program, serving disadvantaged and first-in-the-family students from diverse backgrounds. While homeschooling her three spirited kids, Danna established a STEM accessibility and educational resource entitled DrZatHome.

As a Middle Eastern, neurodivergent scientist and author, Danna strives to make STEM accessible for all.

Danna is represented by Gaby Cabezut at The Seymour Agency.