Maria Kostaki is a native of Moscow, Russia, but has spent most of her adult life on a plane from Athens, Greece to New York City and back.  She holds a Masters of Journalism (magazine) from New York University, where she was a recipient of a grant from the Knight Foundation. She has worked as an editor and staff writer for Odyssey magazine in Athens and New York and her nonfiction has appeared in publications such as Elle Décor, Insider Magazine, and Odyssey.

Maria is working on her debut novel, “Father,” a story about unconditional love as it takes its protagonist, Sasha, on a powerful path of both destruction and healing.