Maria Elena Alexander is an American writer of horror and dark fantasy stories and poetry, best known for her award-winning novels Mr. Wicker (2014) and Snowed (2016).
[citation needed] She first started writing at the age of eight: she contracted chicken pox and was forced to stay home with nothing to occupy her, so she began to create stories.
[2] She attended Ponderosa High School,[3] and earned a bachelor's degree in English from California State University, Sacramento.
[citation needed] Alexander's career as a professional storyteller began in 1988, when she co-founded Dead Earth Productions, a horror Live Action Role-Playing company in the San Francisco Bay Area.
"[11] She has also written articles criticizing unrealistic portrayals of sword handling in art, fiction, and film, which has led to some controversy.