Maria Reva

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Reva at the 2025 Texas Book Festival

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]

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Life

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.

Books

Awards and nominations

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dana Gee, "Maria Reva revisits old country in clever novel about survival in tough times". Vancouver Sun , March 26, 2020.
  2. Niko Bell, "For Ukrainian-Canadian Author Maria Reva, Humour is a Tool of Resistance", Montecristo Magazine, July 4, 2022.
  3. Jennifer Wilson, The Place You Call Home, a Good Citizens Need Not Fear review, The Nation , July 13/20 issue, 2020.
  4. Анастасія Курінська, Чи бути українському перекладу книги Марії Реви Endling, що номінована на Букерівську премію
  5. Kapka Kassabova, "Good Citizens Need Not Fear by Maria Reva review – an enthralling debut". The Guardian , June 11, 2020.
  6. S. Kirk Walsh (June 3, 2025). "A playfully inventive novel set in Ukraine asks serious questions". Washington Post .
  7. "Endling by Maria Reva". Kirkus Reviews . March 8, 2025.
  8. "She's a Snail Hunter, a Mail-Order Bride and a Kidnapper". The New York Times. 2025-06-14. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  9. Powers, John (2025-06-23). "'Endling' is a shape-shifting debut that takes on heavy themes with humor". NPR. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  10. Erin Balser, "Maria Reva wins $10K RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for emerging writers". CBC Books, May 31, 2018.
  11. "Meet the Winners of the National Magazine Award for Fiction". LitHub . March 22, 2019.
  12. Elizabeth McCracken, ‘Little Rabbit’ by Maria Reva
  13. "Thomas King, Gil Adamson among finalists for $50K Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". Toronto Star , October 6, 2020.
  14. "The longlist for the Booker Prize 2025 has been announced, and features a previous winner plus two debut novelists". The Booker Prizes.
  15. Cassandra Drudi, "Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Maria Reva, Roza Nozari among Writers’ Trust award winners". Quill & Quire , November 13, 2025.