Verras, M. I.: - Maria-Ιoanna "M. I." Verras is a world language teacher based in West Florida. Although she was born in Tampa, she lived a large part of her childhood and teenage years in Greece, specifically in Athens, where she graduated from Moraitis School of Athens and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, department of psychology, with honors. From an early age, she began writing stories, novels and poems which led her to the conception of The Hidden Face, her exciting fantasy novel.