Maria has made a career of using words to communicate. Working at a television station, her first paid job, nurtured Maria's love of words. A move to Sydney to study Communications gave her the opportunity to work with advertising & public relations agencies, corporate companies and newspapers. She has written PR, ads and newsletters for products from food to jewellery, fashion and interiors as well as garden and building products. Both for traditional print media and digital. When she is not writing website content or as a senior reviewer for Weekend Notes, she works on her short stories and novels. Maria writes fiction family sagas, science fiction and contemporary fiction.

Her latest novel, The Xenure Station Trilogy is out now!

To learn more about Maria, visit her website, www.mariapfrino.com.

The Competition for Xenure Station runs until January 30, to learn more, visit Maria on twitter: @frino_mp

We want to highlight aspiring and talented indie authors or authors who self-publish. We want to get to know them and show them to the world. So, if you, or someone you know, has a story they want to share, please let us know below, we’d love to read their work on The Lost Explorers Podcast.

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