Maggie Dubris

Maggie Dubris:  was born in Georgia, grew up in Maryland and Michigan, and moved to New York City the minute she graduated from high school. She worked for over 20 years as a 911 paramedic in Manhattan, mainly in Hell’s Kitchen, and was a guitarist /songwriter for the all female extravaganza, “Homer Erotic.” She is the author of Skels (Soft Skull Press), Weep Not, My Wanton (Black Sparrow Press) and In The Dust Zone (Centre–Ville Books). Her most recent book is BrokeDown Palace, (Subpress, 2019) a mixed–genre book about St. Clare’s Hospital, where she worked for all those years. She is now employed as an on–set paramedic in film and television, and has a black belt in karate.