Marija Smits

Marija Smits is the pen name of Dr Teika Bellamy, a mother-of-two, ex-scientist and editor whose art and writing has appeared in over thirty publications, including Mslexia, Brittle Star, The Poetry Shed and JUNO. When she’s not busy with her children or running the indie press, Mother’s Milk Books, she likes to draw, paint, take photographs and, of course, write. She is continually delighted by the fact that Teika means ‘fairy tale story’ in Latvian.