Maria Smilios

Maria Smilios is an award winning author of The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis, which the New York Times called "a gripping book," and "a must read," by the Lancet. She learned about the story in 2016 while working as a Science editor for Springer.

The Black Angels won the 2024 Christopher Award in literature, which celebrates works that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit," and it was a finalist for the prestigious Gotham Book Prize.

Additionally, New York City and State recently honored Maria for “outstanding service” and “positive contribution” to the people of New York. The book greatly informed the Staten Island Museum’s exhibit Taking Care: The Black Angels of Sea View,” which is on display through December of 2024.