MAGGIE LEVINE writes about art, literature, and the creative process. Her Substack, ArtWrite, explores the intersection of visual and literary storytelling through interviews with artists, including Laurie Simmons, Kate Shepherd, and Shai Azoulay, as well as personal essays and live conversations pairing writers and artists such as Dani Shapiro with Laura Karetzky, and Jenny Offill with Alexis Rockman.

A graduate of Barnard College and the University of Arizona's MFA program in Fiction, she spent 25 years teaching English at New York City independent schools and has curated exhibitions, designed curriculum for the Art Institute of Chicago, and edited Thor Rinden: Holiday Cards 1962–2009.