MEGAN BROWN MCCLARD was born in 1927 in Hollywood, and attended schools in California, Montana, and Colorado. She began college at age thirty-five, a single mother of five children, and went on to ...ver maisMEGAN BROWN MCCLARD was born in 1927 in Hollywood, and attended schools in California, Montana, and Colorado. She began college at age thirty-five, a single mother of five children, and went on to earn a PhD in English at University of Denver, specializing in creative writing. She taught literature, writing, and women's studies for many years at Metropolitan State University in Denver before retiring as a professor emeritus. She has published two books for young people, Hiawatha and the Iroquois League; Harriet Tubman: Slavery and the Underground Railroad. She lives in Portland, Oregon with two dogs and three people.ver menos