About

McCormick Templeman

is a writer, editor, and scholar. A former professor, she has taught a variety of courses in English literature and creative writing. After graduating from Reed College (go Griffins) with a BA in English Literature, she went on to earn an MFA in Creative Writing from Naropa University, and a PhD in English and Literary Arts from the University of Denver where, in addition to creative writing, she specialized in 19th century horror and depictions of medicine in literature.

Possessed of a lifelong interest in the healing arts, she worked for a time as a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist and ran her own clinic in New York City. She holds a doctorate in acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine from Pacific College of Health and Science, a certificate in plant medicine from Cornell, and she is currently working toward becoming a clinical mental health counselor.  

She hopes that Bigfoot is real, and will gleefully admit to liking pretty much every horror movie.

Here are photos of her being weird at various ages:

Representation

Anne Tibbets at Donald Maass Literary Agency
atibbets@maassagency.com

Film and TV rights

Matt Snow at Paradigm

Member

PEN America
AAOM