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.

Books by McCormick Templeman

Atlas of Unknowable Things

by McCormick Templeman - Fiction, Horror, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Historian Robin Quain has been awarded a residency to examine Hildegard College’s impressive collection of ancient manuscripts, but she has a secret. She’s actually on the hunt for an artifact --- one she must find before her former best friend turned professional rival gets his hands on it first. But Hildegard has secrets of its own. Strange sounds echo across the alpine lake, lights flicker through the pines, and the faculty seem more like Jazz-age glitterati than academics. And then there’s the professor who holds the key to Robin’s research. She vanished suddenly last spring. As Robin searches for answers, an unknown source sends her a series of cryptic messages that make her question whether she’s the one doing the hunting or whether someone is hunting her.