Margo Steines holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Arizona, where she is faculty in the Writing Program. Her work was named notable in
Best American Essays and has appeared in
The Sun,
Slate,
Air Mail,
Brevity,
Off Assignment,
The New York Times (Modern Love), the anthology
Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us (2022), and elsewhere. She is the author of the memoir-in-essays
Brutalities: A Love Story (2023). Margo is a born-and-raised New Yorker, a journeyman ironworker, and a mom to a small person. She is also a private creative coach and writing class facilitator.