Maria Reva is a Canadian writer.[1] She is most noted for her short story collection Good Citizens Need Not Fear, which was a shortlisted finalist for the 2020 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.[2]
Born in Ukraine, Reva moved to Canada with her family in childhood, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] Good Citizens Need Not Fear, her debut collection, was based in part on family stories of life in Soviet-era Ukraine.[3]
An MFA graduate of the University of Texas,[1] Reva won the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in 2018 for her short story "The Ermine Coat".[4] Her work has also been published in The Atlantic, McSweeney's and the Best American Short Stories anthologies.