Maryann Corbett (née Zillotti, Washington, D.C.) is an American poet, medievalist, and linguist. She grew up in northern Virginia. She did her undergraduate work at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and graduated with a doctorate in English from the University of Minnesota. She has worked as a writing teacher and master indexer for the Minnesota Legislature, where she has served in the state Office of the Revisor of Statutes for 35 years.She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.