Maya Jewell Zeller grew up in the northwest, mostly near coastal environments. She now lives in Spokane, where she teaches English at Gonzaga University and co-directs a literary reading series. Her poems appear in a number of literary journals, and her reviews and interviews can be found online.

Poets of the American West (Many Voices Press, 2010)

Bellingham Review, Camas, Cimarron Review, Cincinnati Review, Comstock Review, Crab Orchard Review, Ecotone, Florida Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, High Desert Journal, Isotope, Mississippi Review, new ohio review, New South Review, Pank, Poet Lore, Rattle, Spoon River Poetry Review, West Branch