THE GENERAL STUFF: I have degrees in English from Berea College and Eastern Kentucky University. I have been an instructor of composition and literature in the Department of English and Theatre at EKU since 1989. English is my wife but history is my mistress, especially politically incorrect history which presents uncomfortable challenges to what “everyone knows” or assumes to be true. I have spoken before the Kentucky Historical Society and have made appearances at the annual Kentucky Book Fair and the Southern Kentucky Bookfest.
THE MORE COLORFUL STUFF: For a while I worked as a night watchman at a funeral home, a job that dovetailed well with my sense of humor. I have an identical twin brother, Kyle, but no one ever believes me when I tell them that. I am the author of five books: a biography of a nineteenth-century Kentucky emancipationist, Cassius M. Clay, Freedom's Champion; two books featuring biographies of bizarre and eccentric figures from Kentucky history, Offbeat Kentuckians and More Offbeat Kentuckians; a hybrid of the Kentucky history and true crime genres, Murder in Old Kentucky, and the brand-new Kentucky Book of the Dead, which concerns ghosts, giant skeletons, premature burial, monsters and other strangeness. I have another Kentucky-based true crime book on the way, Cruelly Murdered. I am working on several other books as well, particularly a true crime manuscript about murders from American history.
Also, I fall down a lot.
Email Me At kmcqueen@kevenmcqueen.com