Maxwell Coryell is a composer, musician, and aspiring writer - among other things - from Birmingham, Alabama. His compositions have won awards at the state and regional level, and his writing has been published in Moonstone Arts Center’s New Voices anthology.

He is currently a senior at Loyola University of New Orleans, where he studies music composition and music industry, performs in ensembles like the Loyola Chorale, and tutors fellow students in music theory.