IN WHICH MARIA IS ABRIDGED
Maria Dahvana Headley is the author of not only The Year of Yes, but of a bunch of other things, including a couple of children's plays, some plays for adults - this doesn't mean they're rated R, just that there aren't any torch-song-singing lions in them, vast quantities of short stories, two novels-that-aren't-done, and the occasional screenplay. Maria was born on June 21, 1977, and spent most of her childhood in The Great Potato. In grade school, people called her Maria Diarrhea. In high school, she was dubbed (illegitimately) Maria "Gives Good" Headley. Immediately after high school, she fled Idaho for NYC, and New York University. The Year of Yes probably adversely affected her grades there. Now she lives in Seattle, with her husband, the spectacularly brilliant Robert Schenkkan, two teenage stepkids, and two devious Bengal cats. This is what she looks like with long hair. Short hair is the current state of affairs, but you never know. Things could change, at least, if she wears a hat for about five months straight. Growing out isn't pretty.
Q: Do you always look this happy?
A: My face got stuck this way in 1987. I failed to heed warnings from my mom, and one day, I looked in the mirror and this was it. There is no serious authorial face. Sorry. I've never yet seen a photo, aside from this one, in which my eyes are visible, either. Once I did an Ettlinger-esque photo, wearing a black turtleneck and a grim, far-reaching gaze, but it was a mistake.
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The 2 headshots are credit Ryan Schierling, and the other 3 are credit Jilly Wendell. If you publish them, you must use the credit, or Maria will have to hunt you down and wound you.
