Maria Lima
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Maria Lima | |
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Born | 1958 Cuba |
Occupation | Writer |
Period | 2004–present |
Genre | Urban fantasy, mystery, non-fiction |
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Maria Lima, is the award-nominated[1] writer of the Blood Lines series published by Pocket Books. Born in Matanzas, Cuba she discovered the magic of books after her family emigrated to the United States. She started writing her own stories and has been continued publishing books ever since.[2][3]
Life and career[]
In 2006, Lima's first full-length novel, Matters of the Blood, was published by a small press. It went out of print briefly, then was picked up by Juno Books, an imprint of . Matters of the Blood was re-released in 2007 from Simon & Schuster's Pocket Books.[2][4]
Lima has published two sequels to Matters of the Blood as part of the series. Blood Bargain was released on September 29, 2009, and Blood Kin was released on October 27, 2009.[2]
The next chapter in the Blood Lines series, Blood Heat, is scheduled for release on October 26, 2010.[4][needs update]
In addition to the Blood Lines series, Lima has contributed nonfiction essays to the fan publications Filled with Glee, A Taste of True Blood: The Fangbanger's Guide, and In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural.[2]
Lima is listed as an editor for .[5]
Bibliography[]
Blood Lines series[]
Book 4: Blood Heat Pocket Books (October 26, 2010) Mass Market Paperback ISBN 978-1-4391-6777-9[2][6][7]
Book 3: Blood Kin Pocket Books (October 27, 2009) Mass Market Paperback (reprint) ISBN 978-1-4391-5676-6[2][6][8]
Book 2: Blood Bargain Pocket Books (September 29, 2009) Mass Market Paperback (reprint) ISBN 978-1-4391-5675-9[2][6][9]
First Time in Print: Juno Books (November 29, 2008) ISBN 978-0-8095-7305-9[2]
Book 1: Matters of the Blood Pocket Books (August 25, 2009) Mass Market Paperback /reprint. ISBN 978-1-4391-5674-2[2][6][10]
First time in Print: Juno Books (September 29, 2008) ISBN 978-0-8095-7303-5[2]
Short stories and other works[]
"Home is Where the Bar Is", essay in A Taste of True Blood Trade Paperback, SmartPop Books, 2010 ISBN 1-935251-96-1 ISBN 978-1-935251-96-5[11]
"Another Roadside Attraction", essay in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural Trade Paperback, Smartpop Books 2009 ISBN 1-933771-63-1 ISBN 978-1-933771-63-2[12]
Chesapeake Crimes II editor (with Donna Andrews) Trade Paperback (reprint) ISBN 0-87033-582-0 ISBN 978-0-87033-582-2[13]
Chesapeake Crimes I including Lima’s Agatha Award nominated short story "The Butler Didn't Do It" Lulu.com (January 7, 2007) Trade Paperback (reprint) ISBN 978-1-4303-0525-5[2]
First Time in Print:
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Agatha Award nominees
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m http://www.marialima.com/ Official Site
- ^ http://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=16591 Fresh Fiction.com
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Maria-Lima/e/B002MNDN84/ Amazon Author Page
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Mystery Writers of America official site
- ^ http://books.simonandschuster.biz/Blood-Heat/Maria-Lima/9781439167779[permanent dead link] Simon & Schuster Blood Heat page
- ^ http://juno-books.com/blood-kin.html Juno Books Blood Kin page
- ^ http://juno-books.com/blood_bargain.html Juno Books Blood Bargain page
- ^ http://juno-books.com/matters.html Juno Books Matters of the Blood page
- ^ http://www.smartpopbooks.com/book/a-taste-of-true-blood SmartPop Books
- ^ http://www.smartpopbooks.com/book/in-the-hunt SmartPop Books
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Chesapeake-Crimes-II-Donna-Andrews/dp/0870335820 Amazon.com
External links[]
- 1958 births
- 21st-century American novelists
- American women novelists
- American crime fiction writers
- Urban fantasy writers
- Living people
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Women crime fiction writers