Megan E. McDonald

Megan E. McDonald has published poetry and personal essays in California Writers Club anthologies "Fault Zone" (2021, 2025) and "Phases" (2023). She was named 2018 Literary Stage Exhibitor of the Year at the San Mateo County Fair, and placed in poetry and fiction in 2019. Her pitch for novel "Dirty" won the 2018 Kauai Writers Conference Pitchapalooza. She's read at literary salon Bay Area Generations, delivered a Perspectives segment on KQED Radio, and was selected as a semi-finalist for writing reality show America's Next Great Author. Originally from Springfield, Massachusetts, Megan now lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California.