Biography

Montgomery Maxton is a poet, writer, photographer, and mixed-media artist. He has worked concurrently in the tech industry. Born and raised in Cincinnati, his photography has appeared on NationalGeographic.com and his poetry published on various websites and in various print anthologies. He is the author of the poetry collections This Beautiful Bizarre (2010), Champagne (2016), and New and Selected Poems: 1999-2018. He released a graphic novel, The Manhattan Man, in 2018. In 2020 he'll release his short novel Moonlight on the Sunshine Roses. His mixed-media artwork, although rarely seen, has begun to gain attention. He lives in New York City and previously resided in Columbus, Ohio and Philadelphia.