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Maria Levato

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in Middletown, NY, The United States

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Romance, Fantasy, Fiction

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Maria Levato is a BIPOC woman and disabled veteran. She has written two books, The Islands of Rune (2023) and Journey to Rallem (2025). An article she wrote was published in the Romance Writers Report (2025) and she has done a three month mentorship program under an award winning fantasy writer.

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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“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

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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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