McCormick Templeman
McCormick Templeman is an author, scholar, and editor, whose interests include horror, medicine, and literature of the long 19th century. Her writing has received praise from such outlets as Kirkus, BCCB, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Book Riot, and Bustle, and has been published by the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Journal of Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine, and multiple Penguin Random House imprints.
Other Titles
The Dagon Collection
anthology edited by Nate Pederson
The strange and incredible collection of objects . . .
In 1928, Federal agents raided the lodge of the Esoteric Order of Dagon, a notorious cult that had taken over the town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts. What they discovered there shocked and dismayed them in equal measure. Strange, curious, and devilish items from all over the world had been gathered by cult members on voyages across all the known ― and unknown ― seas. Priceless art, books, weaponry, jewelry, nautical instruments, and coins were all found, along with objects both prosaic and uncanny, with uses that could only be guessed at.
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anthology edited by Nate Pederson
The strange and incredible collection of objects . . .
In 1928, Federal agents raided the lodge of the Esoteric Order of Dagon, a notorious cult that had taken over the town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts. What they discovered there shocked and dismayed them in equal measure. Strange, curious, and devilish items from all over the world had been gathered by cult members on voyages across all the known ― and unknown ― seas. Priceless art, books, weaponry, jewelry, nautical instruments, and coins were all found, along with objects both prosaic and uncanny, with uses that could only be guessed at.
AstroLit: A Bibliophile’s Guide to the Stars
with Rachel Feder
also available on audio from Penguin Random House
A unique, illustrated introduction to astrology that explores the zodiac through a literary lens, drawing lessons from celebrated authors including Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, W.E.B. Du Bois, Nella Larsen, Oscar Wilde, and dozens more.
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with Rachel Feder
also available on audio from Penguin Random House
A unique, illustrated introduction to astrology that explores the zodiac through a literary lens, drawing lessons from celebrated authors including Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, W.E.B. Du Bois, Nella Larsen, Oscar Wilde, and dozens more.
The Glass Casket
★ Starred review – Kirkus
★ Starred review – BCCB
YALSA best fiction selection
Overdrive Library Services, Best Books of the Year
"With stylish prose, richly developed characters and well-realized worldbuilding, Templeman plumbs archetypes of folklore to create a compelling blend of mythic elements and realistic teen experience."
-Kirkus Reviews
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★ Starred review – Kirkus
★ Starred review – BCCB
YALSA best fiction selection
Overdrive Library Services, Best Books of the Year
"With stylish prose, richly developed characters and well-realized worldbuilding, Templeman plumbs archetypes of folklore to create a compelling blend of mythic elements and realistic teen experience."
-Kirkus Reviews
The Little Woods
★ Starred review – BCCB
“Templeman is a talent to watch.”
– Daniel Kraus, Booklist
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★ Starred review – BCCB
“Templeman is a talent to watch.”
– Daniel Kraus, Booklist
Swerve: A Novel of Divergence
(with Vincent James and Rowland Saifi)
“Smart, strange, funny, intense, wild, stylish, unsettling, sexy and surprising.”
— Laird Hunt![]()
“Smart, strange, funny, intense, wild, stylish, unsettling, sexy and surprising.”
— Laird Hunt
Slasher Girls and Monster Boys
“Terrifying and new . . . There’s nary a clunker in the collection—this is satisfying, disturbing
horror for the modern YA audience.”
—Publishers Weekly![]()
“Terrifying and new . . . There’s nary a clunker in the collection—this is satisfying, disturbing
horror for the modern YA audience.”
—Publishers Weekly
PhD, University of Denver
DACM, Pacific College of Health and Science
MFA, Naropa University
MSOM, AIMC, Berkeley
BA, Reed College
DACM, Pacific College of Health and Science
MFA, Naropa University
MSOM, AIMC, Berkeley
BA, Reed College
Professional Affiliations
AAAOM
PEN America