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C.E. McGill is 23 years old, was born in Scotland and raised in North Carolina. They are a recent graduate of NC State University. C.E. McGill's short fiction has appeared in Fantasy Magazine and Strange Constellations, and they are a two-time finalist for the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing. They now live back in Scotland.

Books by C.E. McGill

Our Hideous Progeny

For fans of gothic fiction, a widely praised debut novel that is both a homage to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and a thrilling feminist historical adventure.

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