Maria Costa is a writer and creative writing teacher from London who quit the classroom to set up KidzInk Education, a creative writing centre for children ages 7-11 years old. Her parents were first-generation Greek Cypriot immigrants who came to the U.K after the war of '74, and she was born and raised in North London. She is currently working on a children's book and several other personal essays. If she's not reading, she's likely in the cinema.