Arena, Maria

A life-long lover of story, Maria Arena began tinkering with the idea of being an author in her teens. This idea became a reality in 2006, when Hachette published her first novel, 'Mira Falling'. After years of studying and teaching creative writing, Maria independently published her second novel 'Sisterhood' in 2014, while seeking publication for a third novel and writing a fourth. In between, teaching and writing novels, Maria plays around with short stories and co-runs a national short story writing competition at Field of Words.