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Maria Arena

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Born

New Zealand

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http://www.mariaarena.com.au

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Young Adult, Ebooks, Horror

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Maria Arena bought her first typewriter at 19 and began playing with the notion of becoming a author. The arrival of her two children created a happy detour in her plans, but eventually she returned to full time study, completing her BA (Comm) degree at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC). This was followed by an Honours degree, from which 'Mira Falling' was developed, and later published by Hachette. A Doctorate of Creative Arts seemed like the next logical step and it was during this time that 'Sisterhood' was written. Since completing (for now!) her studies, Maria has been employed by USC to present the Creative Writing Excellence Program in regional high schools in SE Queensland,and she continues to write novels and short stories ...more

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Average rating: 3.3 · 27 ratings · 4 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Mira Falling 2.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tincture Journal Autumn 2016 (Tincture Journal, #13) by Daniel Young (Editor), Stuart Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rebecca Douglas (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sisterhood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shroudeaters: A Vampire Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Society of Misfit Stories Presents... (September 2022) by Maria Arena (Goodreads Author), Apu Das, Ethan Bundy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Falso movimento. Laboratorio audiovisivo tra analogico e digitale 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

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Fantasy Book Club: 11/09-12/09: The Hobbit/ Anticipating our Group Read	43	91	Nov 27, 2009 07:15PM
Fantasy Book Club: 11/09-12/09: The Hobbit/ Interview with Maria Arena - our guest discussion leader for The Hobbit	1	40	Jan 05, 2010 08:14PM
Fantasy Book Club: Celebrating our First Year - some words from the group founder	11	112	Jan 17, 2010 08:26AM

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