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C. McGee

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in The United States

Website

https://www.cmcgeebooks.com/

Twitter

@cmcgeewrite

Genre

Mystery, Humor and Comedy, Suspense

Influences

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Member Since

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Raised in Minnesota, C. McGee now lives in North Carolina with his wife Beth and their daughter Jo. He went to school for a very long time and now makes much less money than all of his friends.

By night, he is a writer. His novels include Exteriors and Interiors (2016), Feral Chickens: A Hawaiian Comedy (2018), and Owen O’Shea: Stay-At-Home Dad, Wannabe Detective (2024).

By day, he and his wife are professors in a department of two at a small university. Everyone on campus adores him, save the other person in his department who is obviously jealous that their students like him better.

When he isn’t teaching or writing, he can often be found on the golf course with his daughter, where he doesn’t cheat at all because it would be wrong for a thi ...more

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Average rating: 4.31 · 84 ratings · 47 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Feral Chickens: A Hawaiian Comedy 3.93 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owen O'Shea: Stay-At-Home Dad, Wannabe Detective: A Novel 4.70 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exteriors and Interiors 4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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C.’s Quotes

“There is beauty in truth, even if it's painful. Those who lie, twist life so that it looks tasty to the lazy, brilliant to the ignorant, and powerful to the weak. But lies only strengthen our defects. They don't teach anything, help anything, fix anything or cure anything. Nor do they develop one's character, one's mind, one's heart or one's soul.”
― José N. Harris

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