Maggie Wolff started writing poems as a teenager in Florida. She studied creative writing at the University of South Florida, where she graduated with a B.A. in English. After taking a six-year break from academics to work as a marketing copywriter, Maggie returned to college for an MFA in creative writing from the University of Central Florida. Her thesis for the MFA degree was a mixed-form poetry collection of autobiographical poems examining the lives of three generations of women as they navigated poverty, trauma, addiction, and suicide attempts. A longtime Orlando-adjacent local, Maggie became involved in the local writing scene during her time in the MFA by performing at readings and founding the Orlando-based literary journal Olit.

Maggie left sunny Florida for the frozen tundra of rural Illinois to begin a Ph.D. program in English Studies at Illinois State University, where her interests include lesbian poetics, southern literature, mental health narratives, and women’s studies. During the Ph.D. program, she was awarded the Sutherland Fellowship and worked in the Publications Unit, where she handled editing and manuscript design for Spoon River Poetry Review and Fiction Collective 2.

Her poetry and creative nonfiction have appeared in publications such as Hayden’s Ferry Review, Reed Magazine, Painted Bride Quarterly, New Delta Review, and Juked. In 2024, her debut chapbook, Haunted Daughters, was released by Press 254. Her creative work focuses on poverty, mental illness, women’s issues, lesbian love, the female body as an object, and whatever else comes to mind that day. In addition to poetry and creative nonfiction, Maggie also writes young adult novels for fun.

Maggie teaches creative writing, composition, and literature in Illinois, while escaping to Florida as much as humanly possible. She loves the color pink, cats, horror movies, coffee, and scrolling on her phone in her free time.