Bio
Sometime before the Revolution, Maria Lima was born in Matanzas, Cuba, to a family of voracious readers and would-be writers.
In
1961, when it was clear that the situation wasn't going to change, her
family emigrated to the United States, where Maria then discovered the
magic of books...lots and lots of books. Starting with the public
library, followed by the Scholastic book sales in elementary school,
then on from there.
As a child, storytelling was part of
family dinner hour, when her father, who dreamt of becoming a writer,
spoke of heroes, heroines and battles royale. In this was mixed a love
of both fictional and non-fictional worlds, of history and splendor,
dragons and them that slayed 'em. It's no wonder that Maria grew up
composing stories.
The writing bug didn't get much of a
workout in real life, however, as the corporate life only drew on her
journalism degree as she cranked out marketing copy, feature stories
and book reviews. The fiction muse kept calling and in the spring of
2005, was finally fed as Maria's first published short story, "The
Butler Didn't Do It" was published in Chesapeake Crimes I and garnered
an Agatha Award nomination for Best Short Story.
In 2007, her novel, Matters of the Blood debuted from Juno Books, an imprint of Wildside Press.
Maria
spends most of her days working as a Senior Web Project Manager (a.k.a.
Cyberdiva) in the DC area. Her evenings and weekends are spent in her
writerly persona.
For a detailed press kit, please contact my publicist:
P.J. Nunn
Breakthrough Promotions
903 Clover Hill Lane
Cedar Hill TX 75104
469-658-5691
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