About

For as long as he has been working, Donald McMann has made his living by writing. He’s written speeches, magazine articles, obituaries, technical manuals, entire communications plans, abject apologies. He spent time in public relations, the likely origin of his interest in writing fiction. Between 2001 and the end of 2022, he was a full-time faculty member at McEwan University where he was an assistant professor in the English department. And he still writes short stories. His work has been published in Canada, the US, and the UK. He’s even been published in Asia.

McMann has a PhD in creative writing from the University of Wales: Trinity St. David, as well as an MFA in writing and literature from Bennington College. He has studied with Jill McCorkle, Doug Bower, Maria Flook, Elizabeth Cox, and Dic Edwards. His short story “Strip Malls Can Change Your Life” appeared in the inaugural issue of The Lampeter Review in 2010. Other work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Alembic, Avalon Literary Review, Bluestem, Borfski Press, The Delmarva Review, Drunk Monkeys, Evening Street Review, Fleas on the Dog, Honest Ulsterman, indicia, Literary Yard, Loch Raven Review, OxMag, The Penmen Review, S/Word, Santa Fe Writers Project Quarterly, Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine, Spadina Literary Review, Steam Ticket, Umbrella Factory Magazine, and Verdad.

McMann lives in Edmonton, Canada with his wife and critic (not to be confused with a critical wife) Elsa Rice, a practicing lawyer.