Maria Taylor is a British Cypriot poet. Her debut collection, Melanchrini, was shortlisted for the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize. More recently, she published her pamphlet Instructions for Making Me with HappenStance. Maria's writing has featured in a range of magazines, and she's Reviews Editor for Under the Radar. Her new collection, Dressing for the Afterlife, is due out from Nine Arches Press in September 2020.