Contact Info
Contact:
rita.hw@ritahanner-ward.com
Current Residence:
Arizona
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instagram.com/rhannerward
On Bluesky:
rhannerward.bsky.social
On X:
RHannerWard2025
On LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-hanner-ward-8ab1a6412
On Script Revolution: https://www.scriptrevolution.com/profiles/rita-hanner-ward
Rita Hanner-Ward
Published Author
Rita Hanner‑Ward is an award‑winning contemporary American writer whose work spans fiction, poetry, and screenwriting. Her novels have earned Silver and Bronze Seals from the Manhattan Book Awards, and a genre win from the International Impact Book Awards.
Under the pen name, Kiva Wolfe, she creates international romantic‑suspense adventures set in the high‑stakes world of the precious‑gem trade. Her debut novel, Red Flash, was republished independently in 2026, followed by its sequel, Tears of Iemanjá. She is currently completing the final book in the Gem Provenance Legacy series.
Her screenwriting work includes character‑driven stories across genres, from dark comedy to dramatic features, reflecting her interest in visual storytelling and emotionally grounded narratives. Her full-length dramatic screenplay, What We Leave Unsaid, has received Finalist recognition in the June 2026 Wiki Screenplay Contest.
Her poetry collections explore themes of memory, grief, and redemption, including Her Inconvenient Elegy: A Life in Fragments, Her Song of Sorrows: A Quiet Mourning in Verse, and Her Proffered Epiphany: Poems from the Afterlight.
Source: Author's Website
PUBLICATIONS
In Kiva Wolfe's debut novel, Red Flash, the first installment of the Gem Provenance Legacy, former triathlete Dominick Stanovic stumbles into a violent underworld after discovering the Russian Mafia’s role in his nephew’s death. His search for answers exposes a Brazilian criminal syndicate and a cache of stolen tourmalines. Torn between loyalty, forbidden love, and the truth he can no longer ignore, he is thrust into a world where every alliance is dangerous, and every choice has a cost.
Recipient: MBA Silver Seal
In Tears of Iemanjá, the second installment of the Gem Provenance Legacy, Dominick returns to Brazil chasing a ghost and a promise. A cryptic message suggests that Mala — the woman he loved and lost — may still be alive. As he searches for answers, he resumes his failed quest for a legendary diamond and ventures once more into the unforgiving Amazon, where old enemies hunt him, and the truth behind the missing tourmalines threatens to ignite a war.
Recipient: MBA Bronze Seal; IIBA Romance - Multicultural & Interracial
Book One of Her Poetic Awakening series, Her Inconvenient Elegy: A Life in Fragments, begins the awakening with poems that sift through the fragments of memory and the rituals of survival. These pieces embrace the rawness of grief, the absurdity of daily life, and the fragile hope that flickers in the aftermath of loss. It is an elegy that refuses ornament, choosing instead the honesty of what it means to endure.
Book Two of Her Poetic Awakening series, Her Song of Sorrows: A Quiet Mourning in Verse, deepens the emotional landscape, transforming mourning into music. Each poem becomes a tender, unguarded song—one that acknowledges the ache of endings while offering companionship to anyone navigating their own shadows. Here, sorrow is not a destination but a passage toward unexpected beauty.
Book Three of Her Poetic Awakening series, Her Proffered Epiphany: Poems from the Afterlight, continues the poet’s intimate journey of moving forward after loss—of learning to live with uncertainty, to stand alone without feeling abandoned, and to draw strength from the quiet lessons that grief leaves behind. Through gentle observations and tender recollections, she explores how we carry our sorrow as both a burden and an armor, shaping who we become.