Maggie Smith (poet)

Maggie Smith
Born1977 (age 4748)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationPoet, freelance writer, editor
EducationOhio Wesleyan University (BA)
Ohio State University (MFA)
Notable works"Good Bones" (2016)
Children2

Maggie Smith (born 1977) is an American poet, freelance writer, and editor who lives in Bexley, Ohio. She worked as an associate editor for a publisher before switching to freelance work. Her 2016 poem "Good Bones" went viral and her 2023 memoir was a New York Times best-seller. Smith received several honors and awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and two Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence awards.