Dr Mike McClelland joins Ki

Dr. Mike McClelland is newly represented by Helen, who says: "I am so excited to work with Mike. He comes with a whole array of gorgeous books in different genres to keep me happy (and busy). But I fell in love with his fabulous Clue meets Willy Wonka style Thriller that I cannot wait to get out into the world. Watch this space!"

Like Sharon Stone and the zipper, Dr. Mike McClelland is originally from Meadville, Pennsylvania. He has lived on five different continents but now resides in Illinois with his husband, two sons, and a menagerie of ancient rescue dogs. He is the author of the short fiction collection Gay Zoo Day and teaches creative writing at Eastern Illinois University, where he won the 2024 Distinguished Faculty Award. His creative work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Guardian, Rolling Stone,The New York Times, WIRED, Boston Review, Vox, The Baffler, Fairy Tale Review, Ecotone, and a number of literary magazines and anthologies. He's a graduate of Allegheny College, the London School of Economics, the MFA Program at Georgia College, the University of Georgia's Creative Writing PhD Program, and the University of Illinois' Diversity and Equity in Education Program. Find him at magicmikewrites.com.