Phaye Poliakoff-Chen is a writer and interdisciplinary artist in Baltimore, MD. In addition to writing and teaching, she has led community arts and media programs and produced documentaries for public radio about a variety of topics from prostitution to land use to immigration. She directed an urban youth media program, Uniquely Spoken, under the auspices of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and funded by the Open Society Foundation. Her collection of short fiction, The Art of Work, was published by Booktrope. Her writing can also be found in Tupelo Quarterly, Frontiers, Southern Exposure, and other publications. Phaye has enjoyed a long career in higher education, most recently at Goucher College, where she taught professional and creative writing for 16 years, and directed the Major in Interdisciplinary Studies and the Professional and Creative Writing program.

Currently, Phaye teaches fiction writing workshops through the Fairfield Writers Studio, where she also offers individualized editing services.

Phaye lives in Baltimore, MD with her husband Allen Chen. Taking great delight in transdisciplinary connections, Phaye enjoys collaborations and conversations with people across multiple disciplines and time zones.