Maria Padian

Writer Maria Padian is the author of the young adult novel Out of Nowhere (Knopf, 2013), a story about the friendship between two Maine high school soccer teammates — one a Somali refugee boy, the other a white boy of Franco heritage. Her other books for young adults include Jersey Tomatoes are the Best (Knopf, 2011) and Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress (Knopf, 2008), which was an ALA-YALSA Best Books pick and also won a Maine Literary award and a Lupine Honor Award. Maria is a graduate of Middlebury College and the University of Virginia. She lives in Brunswick, Maine with her family.