Born in Columbus, Ohio, Maggie Smith wrote the poem "Good Bones," which went viral internationally in 2016 after its publication in Waxwing, the same month as the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Her collections include Good Bones (Tupelo Press, 2017) and Goldenrod (One Signal/Atria, 2021). Her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful (One Signal/Atria, 2023) was a New York Times bestseller. She has received a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. She earned her MFA from Ohio State University.
