Maria V A Johnson is a voracious reader, professional editor and published author with a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in English and Creative Writing. She loves the challenge of taking a raw manuscript and turning it into a polished novel. She specialises in Fantasy, however can edit any genre. She first started writing seriously, when at sixteen she wrote a poem for her grandmother’s funeral and she grew to love poetry and writing from there. 

She has collaborated in a book entitled The Other Way is Essex, which raises money for Farleigh Hospice in Chelmsford, Essex not far from her home. She also has a poetry anthology called Hearts and Minds released 29th November 2012.

She can be found on her website at: http://mariavajohnson.com