Ciera Horton McElroy (b. 1995) has published work in AGNI, The Chattahoochee Review, The Crab Orchard Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Bridge Eight, Little Fiction, Lumina, and Flash Fiction Magazine among others. Her debut novel ATOMIC FAMILY is forthcoming from Blair Publishing.

Ciera is a shamelessly multi-passionate creative: she’s worked as a collegiate writing instructor, a consultant for film campaigns, a journalist on Capitol Hill, a photographer and painter, and a fiction writer, among other ventures. She served as the Communications Director on the faith campaign for the Academy Award-nominated A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (2019) and also PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST (2017). Ciera has worked as Editor-in-Chief at Kodon literary magazine and The Wheaton Record newspaper. Ciera’s journalistic publication credits include: The Washington Post, WORLD Magazine and The World and Everything In It radio, Wheaton Magazine. As an up-and-coming novelist and short story writer, Ciera is represented by Folio Literary Management. For more information on her film and consulting work, visit www.cloverandbee.net.