Maria Gill is a writer of children's non-fiction books, educational resources and freelance articles.
[1] She was educated at schools in Auckland and Southport, Gold Coast, and also studied by correspondence while her family was living in a caravan and travelling around Australia.
[2] She has a special interest in themes to do with native wildlife, conservation and the environment, people, history and war.
[10] She co-wrote the Coursera online course Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest for the Commonwealth Education Trust.
[11] She also organised two touring exhibitions of displays about war-related children's books: What Lies Beneath, which travelled around New Zealand,[12] and Anzac Stories: Behind the Pages, which featured in libraries in Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra, Hobart and other parts of Australia.