Maressa Voss is the author of the novel When Shadows Grow Tall (Roundfire Books, 2024). Her short fiction has appeared in Trollbreath and Moonday, and she is an alumna of Cat Rambo’s Wayward Wormhole workshop. She holds a degree in Classics from UC Santa Barbara and is completing a Master of Creative Writing at the University of Auckland under Paula Morris.

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Born and raised in Sacramento, she has made her home in Santa Barbara since university, and currently divides her time between Santa Barbara and Auckland.

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She is represented by Veronica Goldstein at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner.