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Maria V. Snyder, Author's Interests
General
Writing, reading, volleyball, traveling, playing the cello and walking the dog.
Music
Matchbox Twenty, Rob Thomas, Train, INXS, Moody Blues, Norah Jones, Tamyra Gray, Hootie and the Blowfish, Queen, The Cars, Jason Mraz, and Chris Daughtry. Current favorite song: Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
Movies
The Princess Bride, LOTR - all three, The Illusionist, Secondhand Lions, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spiderman 1 & 2, The original three Star Wars before Lucas changed them, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, National Treasure, The Sixth Sense, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Shrek, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Her Alibi, Romancing the Stone, and all those sappy romantic comedies.
Television
Bones, The Office, My Name is Earl, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and, as a family, we watch American Idol.
Books
Some of my favorite authors are: Barbara Hambly, C.E. Murphy, Dick Francis, Mary Janice Davidson, Mindy Klasky, Kate Elliot, Connie Willis, Sebastian Junger, Barry Lyga, Lynn Flewelling, Barbara Vine, and all the authors in my Friends list of course.
Here are my book covers:
Escaping the noose to become the new food taster, Yelena's troubles have just begun. Available.
Eager to start her magic training, Yelena’s plans take an unexpected and deadly turn. Available.
Yelena's adventures heat up when she must stop a Fire Warper. Available NOW!
Back in 1995 I changed careers from being a meteorologist to a novelist when I began working on my first novel, Poison Study. Published ten years later in October 2005, Poison Study has gotten many great reviews, including a Starred Review in Publisher’s Weekly magazine. Poison Study has won the Compton Crook Award for best first book of 2005 given by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, and was a 2005 Book Sense pick.
With the publication of Poison Study, I have been busy attending conferences, teaching writing classes, and doing book events. While working on my novels, I earned a Master of Arts degree in writing from Seton Hill University. And was invited to present a lecture at the Library of Congress’ What If Forum in Washington, D.C.
My latest book, Magic Study, was also a 2006 Book Sense pick, and Fire Study is scheduled for a March 2008 release.
Who I'd like to meet: Readers! Sign up for my eNewsletter and find out if I'm coming to your town. Besides updates on the books, I always include something fun with each issue. Always!
Hey no prob! thanks for letting me add you! after waiting a full year to read the 3rd one i was almost so exited i couldn't read it lol i read about the new one your writing, it sounds really cool. :) peace out, live well, love strong:: AJ
HI and thanks for adding me to your friends. Fire Study is sitting in my to-be-read pile and I'm itching to get started! I know I'll love it as much as the others!
I'm so excited, I chose your book Poison Study for everyone to read in the book club I'm in. It gets better every time I read it I swear. The coolest part is that everyone I've told to read it has gone out and bought your other books. It's getting pretty popular in Santa Rosa haha. Oh and congrats on Fire Study being a NY Times best seller. That's awesome!
Just wanted to give you a heads up that my latest forensic crime thriller, Freezer Burn, is coming out June 3 ...that's tomorrow! It’s available for preorder on Amazon right now! I'll be doing a bunch of events in and around Philadelphia. For details, see my profile. Thanks for the friendship!
Escaping the noose to become the new food taster, Yelena's troubles have just begun. Available.
Eager to start her magic training, Yelena’s plans take an unexpected and deadly turn. Available.
Yelena's adventures heat up when she must stop a Fire Warper. Available NOW!
