Maria Reva is a Canadian writer of Ukrainian descent. [1] [2] She is most noted for her short story collection Good Citizens Need Not Fear . [3]
Maria Reva was born in Ukraine, and lived in Kherson until she was 7 years old. In 1997 Reva moved to Canada with her family and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. [4] She is an MFA graduate of the University of Texas. [1] Good Citizens Need Not Fear, her debut collection, was based in part on family stories of life in Soviet-era Ukraine. [5] In 2025, her debut novel Endling was published. [6] [7]
Apart from writing fiction, Reva writes librettos for operas working with various composers, including her sister, Anna Pidgorna. [1]
Her work has been published in The Atlantic , McSweeney's and the Best American Short Stories anthologies.