Mike Maggio has published fiction, poetry, travel, and reviews in many local, national, and international publications including Potomac Review, The L.A. Weekly, The Washington CityPaper, and The Washington Independent Review of Books. His novel, The Wizard and the White House (Little Feather Books), was released in 2014 and his novella, The Appointment (Vine Leaves Press), was released in May 2017.  His newest collection of short stories Letters from Inside (Vine Leaves Press), was published in October 2019 and his newest collection of poetry, Let’s Call It Paradise, is forthcoming from  San Francisco Bay Press.  He is a graduate of George Mason University’s MFA program and a former Northern Regional Vice-President of the Poetry Society of Virginia.