Well-traveled and uncoordinated, Maria Violante is the best-selling author of several books in the spec-fic realm--all of them crossovers that require hyphens in the genre description (see: gladiator-dystopia-rom-sci-fi, shifter-western-historical, or gunslinger-mercenary-urban fantasy.) She enjoys a well-roasted coffee, Bell's Winter White Ale, and lives in Michigan with her Chihuahua, Beau, also known as “Piggy Wiggy”.