Maria also has a husband and two children who are an inspiration for her writing when they aren't being a distraction. She loves dogs, but is allergic, instead she has a big black tom cat named.Kitty (apparently naming cats isn't in her skill set either). She's been on the New York Times bestseller list, won a dozen awards, and has earned her Masters of Arts degree in Writing from Seton Hill University, where she is now a faculty member. Over twenty novels and numerous short stories later, Maria's learned a thing or three about writing. Bored at work and needing a creative outlet, she started writing fantasy and science fiction stories. Much to her chagrin, forecasting the weather wasn't in her skill set so she spent a number of years as an environmental meteorologist, which is not exciting.at all. Snyder was younger, she aspired to be a storm chaser in the American Midwest so she attended Pennsylvania State University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology.
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The complexity of the pairing of real and the unreal. The unpredictability of curses, magic, and love are inexorably entwined in this gracefully written story. Now, Aidan must find his way between the past and the present to protect those he loves, and to keep the invisible world at bay. Visions from this invisible world come to him unbidden: a great-grandfather on the field of battle his own father, stumbling upon an unspeakable tragedy and a mysterious young boy, whose whispered words may be at the heart of the curse that holds Aidan s family in its grip. But when Jarrod, his former best friend, suddenly moves back home, Aidan begins to see clearly for the first time not only to feelings that go beyond mere friendship, but to a world that is haunted by the stories of his past. The captivating Stonewall Honor-winning novel of love, family, and ghosts of the pastĪidan Lockwood lives in a sleepy farming town, day after unremarkable day. 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