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Meet Rita Hanner-Ward's Author Ego
Kiva Wolfe
Kiva Wolfe is the official pen name of Rita Hanner-Ward. Author of Red Flash and Tears of Iemanjá, she writes international suspense-adventure thrillers in which crime, culture, and high-stakes intrigue collide worldwide. To learn more, visit ritahanner-ward.com, where you can subscribe to her newsletter and blog.
About the Author
Creative Works by Rita Hanner-Ward
The author's writing spans fiction, essays, media pieces, and poetry, often touching on memory, loss, and the ways people find their way forward. Her recent poetry collections—Her Inconvenient Elegy: A Life in Fragments (2025) and Her Song of Sorrows: A Quiet Mourning in Verse (2026)—reflect a steady, thoughtful expansion of her work. Visit ritahanner-ward.com, where you can subscribe to her newsletter and blog.
Goodreads Giveaway
While there, check out the author's poetry, read book reviews, purchase her books, and enter the Goodreads Giveaway to receive a free signed copy of "Her Song of Sorrows: A Quiet Mourning in Verse". Registration starts 1/17/2026. Giveaway runs from January 17th to 31st, 2026.