Maggie Burton is a writer, professional violinist, former municipal politician, and medical student. Burton holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Memorial University and has spent much of her career playing with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra and teaching music lessons. Her debut book of poetry, Chores, was awarded the 2024 Griffin Canadian First Book Prize, received a silver medal in poetry from the Independent Publisher Book Awards, and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Burton’s writing explores the social and physical realities surrounding women’s domestic labour, sexuality, and relationships through a queer, feminist, working-class lens. Burton lives in St. John’s where she is raising her four young children.