MaryAnn Diorio is a widely published, award-winning author of fiction. She has written five novels, including The Madonna of Pisano, A Sicilian Farewell, and Return to Bella Terra, all part of The Italian Chronicles Trilogy set in 19th-century Sicily. Her novel, In Black and White, won the 2020 Christian Indie Book Award for Historical Fiction. MaryAnn has also written two novellas, Surrender to Love, set in Puerto Rico, and A Christmas Homecoming, winner of the Silver Medal for Fiction in the 2015 Illumination Book Awards Contest. Her latest novel, Miracle in Milan, will be released on June 22, 2021. MaryAnn resides in New Jersey with her amazing husband Dom. They are the blessed parents of two awesome adult daughters, a very smart son-in-law, and six rambunctious grandchildren. When not writing, MaryAnn loves to read, paint, take long walks with her husband, play the piano and mandolin, and make up silly songs with her grandchildren. You can learn more about MaryAnn and her writing at https://www.maryanndiorio.com.
