Kelly McClure
I Write Stuff
About Me:
It All Started in A Driveway
The first thing I ever wrote was about a seagull. I guess I saw a seagull flying around in the sky while I was standing in the driveway of my home in Southern California at the age of ten and got all inspired or something. I saw the seagull, went into my room, and wrote a poem about it. And I've been writing poems about seagulls ever since!
No I haven't.
In the late '90s I got my start writing for a string of local papers in suburban Illinois covering hot topics like new tanning salons and baby beauty pageant winners. I went on to freelance for a few publications in Chicago such as The Chicago Reader, New City, and Time Out Chicago. At some point I moved to New York and surfed a wave of sweaty ambition into the position of Music Editor for Bust Magazine, and later, for VICE Magazine. Alongside those I have also written for Maxim as a daily Music News Writer, The Hairpin, Thought Catalog, NY Magazine, Vanity Fair, NY Post, Destination America's paranormal site, The Hauntist, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Consequence of Sound, and Rolling Stone. In 2018 I transitioned away from entertainment coverage/reporting to focus more on fiction writing. You can find my short stories on a site I run called Daily Anne Rice, which has very little, if nothing, to do with Anne Rice.
WORK:
Press:
Chris Sears/Tyler the Creator Fan Testimonial
"Why is the lady who shot Andy Warhol doing music reviews?"
Torres Testimonial
"You are absolutely the funniest person on Twitter."
Colleen Green Testimonial
"Kelly McClure writes the best reviews in the entire world."
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