Thursday 27 February 2020

28 February: Maria Name Day

Maria is one of the most popular names for women in Sweden, and today they celebrate their name day. The name derives either from the male Roman name Marius or the Hebrew female name Miriam. 10 famous Marias:


  1. Maria CallasOpera singer.
  2. Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player.
  3. Maria Shriver, American journalist and news anchor, formerly married to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
  4. Maria Cole, American jazz singer, wife of Nat King Cole and mother of Natalie Cole.
  5. Maria Eagle, UK Labour politician whose twin sister Angela is also a Labour MP.
  6. Maria Montessori, founder of the Montessori method of education.
  7. Maria Von Trapp, matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers whose life story was adapted into the film The Sound of Music.
  8. Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
  9. Maria, character in West Side Story, based on Shakespeare’s Juliet.
  10. Maria Robotnik, a character in the game Sonic the Hedgehog.


My Books 

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The Ultraheroes series

Several new groups of superheroes, mostly British, living and working (mostly) in British cities like London and Birmingham. People discovering they have, and learning to live with, superpowers. Each book is complete in itself although there is some overlap of characters.




















The Raiders series

A tale of two dimensions, and worm hole travel between the two. People displaced in both time and space, learning to get along and work together to find a way home while getting used to the superpowers wormhole travel gave them. A trilogy.















Golden Thread

A superhero tale with a difference. Five heroes from another dimension keep returning - whenever they return, they have a job to do and are a well-meshed team in order to do it. Until one time, something goes wrong...














Tabitha Drake series

A different kind of power - the ability to talk to dead people. Tabitha has it, and murder victims seek her out to make sure justice is done. Tabitha has this and a disastrous love life to cope with.

















Short story collections

Some feature characters from the above novels, others don't. They're not all about superheroes. Some are creepy, romantic, funny. 





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