Michelle McGill-Vargas

Panel: Oct. 3, 12:45-1:30 p.m., Helzberg

Michelle McGill-Vargas is a writer of speculative and historical fiction whose work has appeared in Splickety Magazine,‌ The Copperfield Review, Typehouse Literary, and Short Fiction Break. McGill-Vargas serves as a board member of Midwest Writers Workshop and the Historical Novel Society-North America, and as a writing coach for Writing Day Workshop. By day, she’s a teacher for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. A lifelong Midwesterner, McGill-Vargas lives in northwest Indiana with her family and fur babies. American Ghoul (Blackstone, 2024) is her debut novel.