LITERARY REVELATIONS INVITES YOU TO MEET OUR TEAM

Literary Revelations is elated to unveil our incredible team to you, and we cannot express enough our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support!

GABRIELA MARIE MILTON – EDITOR IN CHIEF

Gabriela Marie Milton is a #1 Amazon bestselling, award-winning poet and internationally published author. She is a 2022 Pushcart Prize (Vita Brevis Press). Her poetry has been published in various journals in the US and abroad (sometimes under the pen name Gabriela M) and translated into Italian, Greek, Spanish, Romanian, and Albanian.

In 2023, Gabriela founded Literary Revelations Publishing House to honor the memory her mother, who was beautiful, generous, and loved literature and art with all her heart.

Her publications, include:#1 Amazon best-selling poetry collection Woman: Splendor and Sorrow: | Love Poems and Poetic Prose (Vita Brevis Press, 2021) #1 Amazon Bestselling Collection Passions: Love Poems and Other Writings (Vita Brevis Press, 2020); Cuvinte de Foc bilingual Romanian-Albanian book (translated from English by Virginia Mateias) co-authoed with Virginia Mateis.

She is also the curator of the following #1 Amazon bestselling anthologies: Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women (Experiments in Fiction, 2022), Hidden in Childhood: A Poetry Anthology (Literary Revelations, 2023), Petals of Haiku: An Anthology (Literary Revelations, 2024), Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku (Literary Revelations, 2025)

Her poetry and short prose have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. Under the pen name Gabriela M she was awarded 2019 Author of the Year at Spillwords Press (NYC). My piece “If I say I love you” was nominated for 2020 Spillwords Press Publication of the Year (Poetic). On July 6, 2021.

Find het at https://shortprose.blog/
X @shortprose1
IG @gabriela_marie_milton

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HIKARI – ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

“I was Born in Tokyo and I lived in Paris until the age of 15, because of my parents’ business. During my stay in Paris, I often traveled in Europe with my family. The fact that the natural surroundings and the customs of Europe were so different from those of Japan had left a very big impact on me.

Since my return to Japan, I have lived in Tokyo. After graduating from university, I worked as a Certified Public Accountant. I am a painter, and my works express something that cannot be expressed in words. My passion for drawing and colors conveys a beautiful world in harmony with nature through the gradation of colors. My art is inspired by the spirit of Japanese Nohgaku, an art which I also practice.

[Nohgaku is one of the traditional styles of Japanese theater passed down from generation to generation for more than 650 years. In 2001 Nohgaku was proclaimed by UNESCO a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.” [https://www.unesco.emb-japan.go.jp/htm/nogaku.htm]]

In 2022, I was recognized during the Grand Prize Exhibition of Platinum Art Association, and I exhibited with Jiyugaoka Gallery.  In February of this year my work is scheduled to be exhibited with Ginza Gallery Art Point.”

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MARIA CARVALHO – WRITER IN RESIDENCE

Maria Carvalho’s multi-genre work has appeared in a variety of literary magazines, including Roi Fainéant Press, MetaStellar, Free Flash Fiction, Twin Pies Literary, 101 Words, Starspun Lit, and All Your Stories. Her short stories have been published in numerous anthologies, including several titles in the Owl Hollow Press Anthology Series. Maria’s poetry appears in the #1 Amazon bestselling books “Hidden in Childhood”, “Petals of Haiku”, and “Tranquility”, all published by Literary Revelations. Her popular children’s book Hamster in Space! was praised by Kirkus Indie Reviews for its “sharp understanding of kids’ wacky sense of humor.” Maria lives in Connecticut with her family. Find her on Bluesky and Twitter: @immcarvalho

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IULIANA IRIMIA – COVER DESIGNER, AND ARTIST

From as far back as I can remember, I’ve always loved drawing. I started by doodling on books, walls, post-its, and any scrap of paper I could find. At 14, I attended my first art class and decided to pursue Fine Arts at Dawson College in Montreal after finishing secondary school. My journey continued at Concordia University in the Painting and Drawing Program, but in 2013, I returned to Dawson to enroll in the Illustration and Design program, which felt like a better fit for my artistic aspirations.

Since graduating, I’ve taken on a variety of graphic design and illustration commissions and ventured into the world of mural painting. One of the highlights of my career came in March 2023, when I was commissioned by LNDMRK to execute a mural designed by Nalini Malani, one of India’s leading contemporary artists. Collaborating with such a distinguished artist was a deeply rewarding experience and an opportunity I’m profoundly grateful for. The mural was crafted using markers and charcoal—the latter also being a material I love and often incorporate into my own art.

Sometimes, my inspiration doesn’t begin with a fully formed idea. Instead, it sparks from the pictures I take of objects or scenes that catch my eye. During the summer, I love taking long walks, and it’s never too hard to find something inspiring along my path—whether it’s nature, manmade objects, animals, or the play of light. I also enjoy painting outdoors, in parks or on the streets, to capture the natural colors and essence of light directly, without the intermediary of a photograph. While I draw immense inspiration from the world around me, I also find the internet to be a treasure trove of breathtaking images of far-off places that would be impossible to explore in one lifetime. I save way too many pictures on my computer so I can go back to them and feel inspired all over again.

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