D. M. Stevens was born in Harlem, NY, and later moved to South Jamaica, Queens with her grandmother and five brothers after her mother’s illness. Her passion for writing poetry and short stories developed during this time. She found solace in the mobile library bus that visited her neighborhood weekly and drew inspiration from black writers such as Nikki Giovanni.
As heroin swept through her community and young black men were either incarcerated or sent to Vietnam, D. M. Stevens found her voice through writing. Later, after marriage, motherhood, and a move to Atlanta, Georgia, she reignited her creative spirit. Retirement finally gave her the freedom to return to writing after a 30-year hiatus, leading to the release of Devine’s Moments in Time, her first fiction book.