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Maria Lima

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Tanya Huff, Charles deLint, Neil Gaiman, Jim Butcher, Joss Whedon

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About this author

I write dead people...no really.

I'm a writing geek with one foot in the real world and the other in the make-believe.

Sometime before the Revolution, I 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, my family emigrated to the United States, where I then discovered the magic of books...loads 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 our family dinner hour, when my 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 his...more


Boston CommonI’m still trying to process the events of yesterday at the Boston Marathon. Too much like 9/11 for my psyche, which immediately scrambled to “oh, fuck” and “OMG, OMG, OMG.”



Part of me wants to bury myself in a small hole and not know.
Part of me wants to dive deep into news stories, blog posts, commentary and wallow in the facts & reactions.
Part of me (the more-or-less stable piece) has pulle... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.68 · 1,776 ratings · 208 reviews · 11 distinct works · Similar authors
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October 2009, Maria Lima
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? ML: Crazy, mixed-up, conglomeration of all sorts of things. What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happiness? ML: The time and means to be able to write fulltim..." ...More

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Maria Lima voted for Casket of Souls (Nightrunner, #6) in Best Fantasy in the Opening Round of the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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“Dear Abby,
My boyfriend won't suck my blood. I've offered, I've cajoled. I've even begged, even though begging is totally humiliating and degrading because I'm so afraid that if he doesn't, he's going to die. Oh, and did I mention he's a vampire? No, really, the undead kind.

Signed,
Confused in Texas.


Dear Confused:
What the Fuck!?”
Maria Lima, Blood Bargain

“At the place where they sleep, the melody sneaks inside, touching flesh, skin, mind and thought, some feelings turning to love and beauty, others to
hatred and fear. Dreams turn on a quarter note, a semiquaver, a vibrato unheard by any still living, by any mortal being.”
Maria Lima

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message 4: by Kris

Kris Neri Good to connect with you, Maria. Thanks for the add.


Cheryl Landmark Thanks for accepting my friend request, Maria. I'm looking forward to reading "Matters of the Blood".


Sangria Thanks for your friendship, Maria! :D


message 1: by Beth

Beth Hi Maria,
Thanks for befriending this fellow Goodreads author!


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