Maria Monday

Maria Monday is a Swiss author and the creator of the Emma Bally series. Born in the United States, shaped by Switzerland, and refined by Monaco, she writes from within worlds defined by wealth, discretion, and power.
After studying business administration in Boston, she joined her family’s international enterprise, gaining firsthand insight into the quiet systems where influence operates beyond public view. That perspective now informs her fiction.
Alongside her writing, Monday works as an interior decorator—a discipline that mirrors her prose in its precision, restraint, and attention to what remains unseen beneath a flawless surface. Fluent in eight languages, she divides her time between the Swiss Alps and Latin America.
Her work explores the moral ambiguities of extreme privilege. Symphony of Lies marks her debut—the first story she chose to bring into the open.