Maggie Hofmann has been working professionally as a costume cutter/draper for theatre and tv/film for 15 years in the Chicagoland area and is a member of IATSE Wardrobe Local 769. She is a freelance costume maker throughout the Chicago region and was a staff draper at Drury Lane Oakbrook Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. She is also an award-winning cosplay maker with 10 years of experience creating cosplay costumes for herself and others and is the author of Smocking Secrets (C&T Publishing, 2022). Her work has been published in several cosplay and theatrical magazines and has been featured on websites such as CosplayCentral and marvel.com. She also teaches workshops and master classes in costume construction nationwide. She holds a BA in Drama from UC-Irvine and an MFA in Costume Design from UW-Madison.