Maria Pinto is an award-winning writer, educator, and amateur mycologist. The self-proclaimed mushroom enthusiast doesn't play favorites, and loves all shrooms, but she especially enjoys cooking with black trumpet mushrooms.
Passionate about foraging, exploring, and teaching people more about the fascinating world of edible fungi, Maria has written numerous articles about the topic and led talks on the geographical distinction of mushrooms, the stories and myths around them, and how various cultures incorporate this wonderful ingredient in their diet.
She is a fiction editor for the journal Peripheries, teaches for the literary non-profit GrubStreet, and received fellowships from Garret on the Green, The Mastheads, The Vermont Studio Center, and The Writers' Room of Boston.
An Ivan Gold Fellow, her work has appeared in publications like Frigg, Word Riot, Pinball, Necessary Fiction, Dostoevsky Wannabes: Boston, Cleaver, The Butter, Menacing Hedge, and Flapperhouse.
A Boston native, it's also the city where she walks dogs, grows a veggie garden, and does karaoke. Her debut novel is in search of a home, and she’s working on her next writing endeavor.
