Maria is an author, editor, and artist who lives in the greater Philadelphia region. She is currently the Senior Editor at 2Nimble & AnewPress. She is particularly passionate about fiction and enjoys urban fantasy and space operas, as well as other genre-straddling stories. Her first book, Vampire, Hunter, is published by AnewPress, and a variety of her fan fiction and artwork can be found online for free. Her new YA Scifi/Fantasy trilogy, The Blades of the Dead Gods Saga, comes out this fall starting with The Blade That Sings.