A Thousand Resurrections                   An Urban Spiritual Journey               Maria Garriott's poetry, essays, and nonfiction articles have appeared in The Baltimore Sun, The New York Quarterly, The Christian Century, Urban Mission Journal, Our Sunday Visitor, and the Maryland Poetry Review. She earned a B.A. from the University of Maryland and a Master’s degree from Towson University. She is a curriculum writer for The Johns Hopkins University Talent Development Middle Grades Program. She and Craig are the parents of five children.