The Short Bio

Dr. Maria DeBlassie is a native New Mexican mestiza and award-winning writer and educator living in the Land of Enchantment. She writes about everyday magic, ordinary gothic, and all things witchy. When she is not going about her bruja life, she's teaching classes about bodice rippers, modern mystics, and things that go bump in the night. She is forever looking for magic in her life and somehow always finding more than she thought was there. Find out more about Maria and conjuring everyday magic at www.mariadeblassie.com.

The Longer Story…

When she isn’t teaching, writing, or reading trashy novels, she’s practicing her kitchen witchery, concocting spells (um, recipes), whipping up potions (um, cocktails), and magical beauty products. That’s when she’s not in her garden communing with her plants and herbs or listening to the trees gossip and the stars whisper their wisdom. She can also be found drinking copious amounts of tea, collecting crystals, and consulting the tarot with her familiars, Smoke and Juniper. They are two very sensible black cats who can walk between worlds and aren’t afraid of ghosts or demons, which, she can tell you from experience, are VERY useful qualities to have in one’s familiars.

Book Awards

Weep, Woman, Weep: A Gothic Fairytale about Ancestral Hauntings, Kitchen Witch Press, 2021

Winner of the Silver Medal Nautilus Book Awards for the Spiritual Fiction Category for 2023

Practically Pagan ~ An Alternative Guide to Magical Living, Moon Books, October 2021

Winner of the Gold Medal Living Now Book Awards for the Enlightenment/Spirituality Category for 2022

Everyday Enchantments, Moon Books, October 2018

Winner of the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for the New Age Category in 2018
Finalist for the Body Mind Spirit Book Awards in the New Age Category for 2018
Finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award in the Body Mind Spirit Category for 2018
Official Selection for New Apple Book Award for the New Age/Mind-Body-Spirit Category for 2018
Winner of the N. N. Light Book Award for the Non-Fiction Category for 2018

Teaching Awards

Affiliated Teacher of the Year Award, Honors College, University of New Mexico, 2024

Nominated for the National TRIO Achiever Award, 2020

New Mexico TRIO Achiever Award, 2019

Nominated for the CNM Values Champion Award for the Inspiring Category, Liberal Arts College, Central New Mexico Community College, 2019

Distinguished Faculty Award, Liberal Arts College, Central New Mexico Community College, Fall 2018

Innovative Teaching Practices Award, Liberal Arts College, Central New Mexico Community College, Fall 2017

Nominated for the Distinguished Faculty Award, Liberal Arts College, Central New Mexico Community College, Spring 2017