Maria Taylor is a British Cypriot poet and reviewer. Her latest collection is Dressing for the Afterlife (Nine Arches Press). Her debut collection of poetry, Melanchrini, was published by Nine Arches Press in 2012 and shortlisted for the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize. Maria has been published widely, including poems and reviews in The Guardian, Magma and The Times Literary Supplement. Maria has been highly commended in the UK Forward Prizes for poetry, she also works as reviews editor for Under the Radar and is a lecturer in Creative Writing at DMU. She tweets at @MariaTaylor_