Vancouver writer Don McLellan has worked as a journalist in Canada, South Korea, and Hong Kong. His debut volume of short stories, In the Quiet After Slaughter, was published by Libros Libertad in 2008; a second collection, Brunch with the Jackals, was published by Thistledown Press in 2015. Page Count Press released Ouch, a third collection, in 2020. Born of the Storm, also from Page Count, dropped in 2025. He has been nominated, listed, a finalist, or honourably mentioned for a Western Canada Magazine Award; a Tabbies International Editorial Award; a Kenneth R. Wilson Memorial Award; the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (twice); a ReLit Award; a Pushcart Prize; and the 2021 Whistler Independent Book Award.

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