Background
Her father was conductor Lorin Maazel. Her mother is Israela Margalit, a pianist and script writer
Her father was conductor Lorin Maazel. Her mother is Israela Margalit, a pianist and script writer
Maazel"s work has appeared in publications including The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times, Tin House, Bomb, Fence, The Mississippi Review, Conjunctions, The Common, The Yale Review, Anthem, The Village Voice, North+1, This American Life, Selected Shorts, and on Salon.com. Last Last Chance tells the story of Lucy Clark, a drug addict with a complicated family and a difficult life. Joshua Henkin of The New York Times said of the book: ""Last Last Chance”" isn’t your average novel, thanks in no small part to Maazel"s funny, lacerating prose."
She has been the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the University of Leipzig, and teaches at New York University, Brooklyn College, Princeton, and Columbia.
Maazel lives in Brooklyn.
