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."

• 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

• "Compton Crook Award Winners". Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Retrieved June 25, 2012. 
• ^ "Maria V. Snyder · Meet The Faculty". Seton Hill University. Retrieved 5 October 2016.