Maria Caiazza is a semi-professional, semi-crazed author who lives off of caffeine and spite. Her pen names are Maria Caiazza and M. W. McLeod. She loves exploring the line between what makes a hero or a villain and writing about morally grey characters she can't necessarily agree with. She writes modern fairy tale retellings and other tales with a dark twist.

Caiazza's books include: 

Heartless, a dark fantasy fairy tale retelling novella of The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body.

The Seven Ravens, a dark fantasy fairy tale retelling novella of the Brothers Grimm's tale of the same name.

Be Still My Undying Heart, a dark fantasy romance novelette about Dalton, a mourning vampire searching for a reincarnated version of his lost love.