BA, Theater, University of Virginia
MFA, Writing, Otis College of Art and Design
Maggie is Assistant Professor, Creative Writing Minor Area Head, and Academic Mentoring Coordinator at Otis College. Her curriculum considers intersections between improv and the art and design process. She also teaches storytelling as a means to process the effects of climate change. Maggie is represented by Bridget Smith at JABberwocky Literary Agency. Her manuscript Making A Scene won the Threepenny Writing Contest. She’s currently writing a romantic comedy about climate change.
Maggie has been teaching part-time at Otis since Fall 2008.
Young Adulting Free State Review, 2020
The Fellowship Furious Gazelle, 2017 http://thefuriousgazelle.com/2016/12/09/maggie-light/
Quitter Takes All Cleaver Magazine, 2015
http://www.cleavermagazine.com/quitter-takes-all-by-maggie-light/