Bruce McAllister

Bruce McAllister, born in 1946, is an American author whose work spans fantasy, science fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. He is especially known for short fiction, and references including Wikipedia and the Internet Speculative Fiction Database identify him as Bruce Hugh McAllister, born in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 17, 1946.

Over the years, his stories have appeared in major speculative-fiction magazines, anthologies, and college readers. One detail that stands out is his inclusion in Best American Short Stories 2007, a sign of how comfortably his work has crossed between genre publishing and more literary spaces.

In addition to writing, his own professional biography describes him as an award-winning writing coach and consultant based on the West Coast, working with fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. That mix of literary craft, genre imagination, and teaching experience helps explain the range and durability of his career.