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She also loves to travel and to go on cruises with her family.

To relax, she plays volleyball, takes pictures, and reads. As well as working with molten glass, she has learned how to ride a horse, pick a lock, learned how to fence, toured a maximum security prison and studied Issinryu Karate all in the name of research. Maria took glass-blowing lessons in order to be able to write about it and she takes classes and experiences as much as possible so her stories are realistic. She has put her weather skills to good use with her award-winning Glass Series (Storm Glass, Sea Glass and Spy Glass), about a glass magician who can capture magic inside her glass creations. Maria also has a Master of Arts degree in fiction writing which she studied at Seton Hill University. Snyder grew up in Pennsylvania in the US and trained as a meteorologist - because she loved the idea of chasing storms - before becoming a novelist with the New York Times best-selling Study Series (Poison Study, Magic Study and Fire Study) about a young woman who becomes a poison taster.