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Maria Levato

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Maria Levato is a BIPOC woman and disabled veteran. She has written three books, The Islands of Rune (2023), Journey to Rallem (2025), and The Fate of Angels and Demons (2026). Maria also writes the Nerdology 101 blog, as seen on her website.

Outside of her writing, Maria serves the writing community in other ways. She’s the chair of the PRO Advisory Committee for the Romance Writers of America and an ambassador for the Washington, D.C. chapter of The Authors Guild.

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“To coax the sweet juices from your bodies most holy anatomy, I will dedicate myself to your whims and pledge myself to your yearning. O' Goddess, 'tis ye I worship.”
― Maria Levato, Journey to Rallem

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“It looks like the end of the world, in a literal sense. In one unnaturally straight line, everything just ends. The ground, the sky, everything. It makes no sense: the world is round; every world is round.”
― Maria Levato, Journey to Rallem

tags: funny-quotes, indie-author, political-humor, romantasy, science-humor

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