Maria Monday is a Swiss author and creator of the Emma Bally series. Born in the US, shaped by Saanen, and polished by Monaco, she has always navigated worlds defined by wealth, discipline, and discretion. After studying in Boston, Monday entered her family’s international enterprise, gaining firsthand knowledge of the quiet corridors where global power operates. This "insider fluency" now serves as the mechanical heart of her fiction.
Monday is also a practicing interior decorator—a profession with a surprising kinship to her prose. Both demand a precise eye, restraint, and an instinct for what lies beneath a flawless surface. Fluent in eight languages, she divides her time between the Swiss Alps and Latin America, observing the world with the same sharp intuition as her characters.
Her work pulls back the curtain on privilege, exploring the moral ambiguities in the shadows of extreme wealth. Though she has penned manuscripts for years—choosing to keep them strictly in the vault—Symphony of Lies marks her official debut. It is the first story she deemed dangerous enough to share with the world.
