Maria V. Snyder

Maria V. Snyder is an American fantasy author best known for her Study Series. Her first novel, Poison Study, was published on October 2005, and won the 2006 Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel. the next two books in the series are Magic Study and Fire Study. Snyder then released another trilogy of books, the Glass series, following the character Opal Cowan from the Study Series. The books in the series are Storm Glass, Sea Glass and Spy Glass respectively. On 24 February, Snyder went back to the main characters of the Study Series and released the first book of he next trilogy, the Soulfinder Series, the first book of which is Shadow Study. Aside from writing, her interests include "traveling, photography, making jewelry, and volleyball." 2Awards 2005 – October Book Sense Pick for Poison Study 2005 – Locus Magazine's Recommending Reading list for Poison Study 2006 – Compton Crook Award for Poison Study 2006 – Reader's Choice Award for Poison Study 2006 – RITA Award Finalist for Poison Study 2006 – ALEX Award Finalist for Poison Study 2006 – Editor's Pick Award from Audible.com for Magic Study 2006 – October Book Sense Pick for Magic Study 2007 – RITA Award Finalist for Magic Study 2008 – New York Times Bestseller for Fire Study 2009 – Wirral Paperback of the Year Award for Poison Study 2009 – Golden Leaf Award for Storm Glass 2012 – Golden Leaf Award for Touch of Power 2012 – Prism Award for Outside In 2013 – Golden Leaf Award for Scent of Magic 2Bibliography 3Chronicles of Ixia 4Study series The first book in this series introduces the reader to Yelena, a young woman (20) who committed the murder of her torturer. It starts off in the Ixian dungeons where Yelena is having trouble stopping her gruesome memories from coming back to her. She is then taken to Valek, Commander Ambrose's Chief of Security, to await her execution. She is given a choice of execution or becoming the Commander's food taste