About Maria Birmingham MARIA BIRMINGHAM is a longstanding contributor to OWL and Chickadee magazines, and the award-winning author of several books for young people, including Acting Wild, Biometrics, and A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars. Maria lives in Brampton, Ontario. Books by Maria Birmingham Are We Having Fun Yet? The Human Quest for a Good Time by (author) Maria Birmingham illustrated by Katy Dockrill Snooze-O-Rama The Strange Ways That Animals Sleep by (author) Maria Birmingham illustrated by Kyle Reed