Maria Isabel Pita was born in Havana, Cuba. Her family moved to the U.S. when she was eight months old and she grew up in Fairfax, Virginia. Reading, writing and history have been her abiding passions ever since she can remember. In college she majored in World History, and minored in English Literature and Cultural Anthropology. Maria's most recent works are the historical epic novel "Truth is the Soul of the Sun-A Biographical Novel of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut-Maatkare", and "A Concise Guide to Ancient Egypt's Magic and Religion" Maria lives on a mountain top in the Blueridge mountains with her husband, Stinger, and their beloved dog, Arthur. And experienced lucid dreamer, Maria is a member of the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF DREAMS, and a regular contributor to the Lucid Dreaming Experience Magazine, for which she was interviewed by Robert Waggoner in the September 2011 issue. Maria invites comments and questions on her lucid dreaming Blog: Lucid Living Lucid Dreaming and continues to actively explore the reality of dream sharing with a small group of dream partners.