Maiya continues to write for television and novels, switching back and forth between the two. After that she wrote THE FIZZY WHIZ KID, about a young man discovering the ups and downs of life as a celebrity in Hollywood, and MIDDLE SCHOOL COOL, renamed in paperback as KABOOM ACADEMY, about a journalism class investigating some strange goings-on at a very experimental school. The result was THE GOLDEN HOUR, the first in a Time Travel Trilogy. She had an idea buzzing around in her head and she decided to finally to do something she'd wanted to do for a long time sit down and write a novel. Her two older children were of the age where she was reading novels aloud to them, and was reminded of just how much she loved books written for Middle Grade readers.
It was during her pregnancy with the third child that Maiya decided to take time off from work. They also had three children, whom they adore. Together they collect first edition books, animation art, and animation figurines. They built the house that they currently live in which boasts an ocean view and secret passages.
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Maiya's TV credits are available on IMDB, but her more well known credits include RUGRATS, FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR, MAD-TV, FUTURAMA and THE HAUNTED HATHAWAYS.ĭuring this time Maiya married her college sweetheart whom she met while on the Lampoon. In that job she got plenty of experience reading television scripts and making career connections, and after a year was able to land her first staff job as a writer on a show called CHARLIE AND COMPANY for CBS. It was her experience in writing for this magazine that convinced her to give up her plans to go to medical school and instead take a stab at making a career out of her true passion, creative writing.Īfter graduating from Harvard with honors Maiya moved to Hollywood with her sister and quickly landed a job as an assistant to the director of comedy development at Columbia Pictures Television. She got on as a first semester freshman, a rare feat, and eventually became vice-President of the organization. Though she produced two plays, Maiya's main extracurricular activity in college was as an editor on the Harvard Lampoon, our nation's oldest humor magazine. She graduated second in her class and then went on to Harvard College where she majored in American History and Literature. Her senior year Maiya also became editor-in-chief of the yearbook.
Maiya went to Berkeley High School, where she was on the field hockey and softball team her freshman year, and speech and debate team, MESA, Junior State and Model U.N. Let's just say Maiya was curious about just about anything.
During this formative period Maiya developed a wide range of interests, including a passion for art and architecture, animals, the environment, American history, biology, classical and jazz music, David Bowie and the Beatles, astronomy, Judo, horse back riding, sailing, aquariums and the sea in general, archeology, anthropology, folklore and mythology.well, I could go on. She loved all forms of story telling, devouring books like potato chips, writing and putting on plays with her friends, writing parodies of radio shows and staging mysteries, setting up crime scenes in the living room and leaving a plethora of clues for her sister to solve. Maiya Williams was born in Corvallis, Oregon but grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, then moved to Berkeley, California when she was in 6th grade.
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