Deena is the founder of Nouvella, an award-winning, independent publishing company dedicated to novella-length works of fiction by emerging and established authors. She was a finalist for the WeWork Creator Awards in 2017, and a recipient of the Girlboss Foundation Grant in 2015. Previously, she worked as an editor at Girlboss.
She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with her partner and their Muppet-terrier hybrid.