Ciera McElroy is the author of Atomic Family (2023), the Southern Literary Book of the Year. She is also the founder and CEO of Clover and Bee Communications, a boutique agency specializing in film marketing, serving clients like Kingdom Story Company, Lionsgate, and Sony Pictures.

Atomic Family was released to critical acclaim, named a 2023 Great Group Read by the Women’s National Book Association, and was short-listed for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award.

Ciera was raised in Orlando, Florida. She holds a BA from Wheaton College and an MFA from the University of Central Florida. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Kerouac Project, a residency that allows writers to work in Jack Kerouac’s Orlando home.

She lives in St. Louis with her family. Photo Credit: Susan Bennett