Maria A. Palace

Maria was born in the Republic of San Marino, an enclave in the Apennine Mountains of northern Italy. It is one of the smallest independent states in Europe. At the age of five, she immigrated to the United States with her family and settled in the Midwest. After raising three children and living on the east coast as well as the west coast, she and her husband retired to the state of Nevada. There she joined the High Sierra Writers leading her to publish her first novel, Chapter Thirteen, which earned her the Silver Literary Titan award.

Reunion Cruise is her second novel.