KG MacGregor
{{short description|American fiction writer (born 1955)}}
{{Infobox writer
| image= KG_MacGregor.jpg
| name= KG MacGregor
| caption= Author KG MacGregor (Amelia Campbell Photography, used with permission)
| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1955|10|22}}
| birth_place= Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
| genre= Fiction
| education= {{ubl|Appalachian State University (BS)|University of South Florida (MA)|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD)}}
| awards= Lambda Literary Award, Golden Crown Literary Society Awards, and The Alice B Readers Award for Lifetime Achievement
}}
KG MacGregor (aka Sue A. Greer, born October 22, 1955) is an American writer of lesbian fiction. She has authored over two dozen lesbian romance novels, collecting a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance and nine Goldie Awards from the Golden Crown Literary Society, including the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award.{{cite web|author=GCLS|url=https://www.goldencrownliterarysociety.org/previous-goldie-winners
|title=Previous Goldie Winners|publisher=Golden Crown Literary Society|access-date=11 September 2023}} MacGregor served six years on the Board of Trustees of the Lambda Literary Foundation, including two years as board president.{{cite web|author=Daily Queer News|url=https://dailyqueernews.wordpress.com/tag/lambda-literary-foundation/|title=S. Chris Shirley and Susan Atkins Assume LLF Leadership|date=6 August 2013 |publisher=Daily Queer News|access-date=11 September 2023}}
Early life and education
KG MacGregor was born into a military family and attended public schools in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, graduating high school in 1973. She enrolled in Appalachian State University and earned a BS in education in 1976.
In 1984, MacGregor was fired from a teaching job after being outed as a lesbian. She changed careers, returning to college for an MA in Mass Communication from the University of South Florida in 1990 and a PhD in Media Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994.{{cite web|author=LHill|url=https://www.bellabooks.com/category/bella-author-kg-macgregor/|title=KG MacGregor|publisher=Bella Books|access-date=11 September 2023}} Her PhD dissertation is entitled Media Use and Knowledge Acquisition: The Cycle of Learning from the News.{{cite book|author=University of North Carolina Library|url=https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb6390852|title=Archival and manuscript material: Sue Greer|date=1994 |publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|access-date=11 September 2023}}
With a focus on political and issues polling and strategic audience analysis, MacGregor built a market research clientele that included newspapers, magazines, government institutions, and non-profits. From 2000 to 2004, she was director of research for TRAC Media Services, which provided programming and fundraising support for public television stations.{{cite web|author=TRAC Media Services|url=https://www.tracmedia.com/|title=Research, Analytics & Consulting Solutions|publisher=TRAC Media Solitions|access-date=11 September 2023}}
Writing career
MacGregor's writing career began in 2002 when she posted lesbian Fan fiction for the Xena: Warrior Princess fan community.{{cite web|author=BardEyes & WebWarrior|url=http://xenafiction.net/styles/athenaeum_deepblue/author_pages/kgmacgregor.html|title=Individual Author Page: KG MacGregor|publisher=The Atheneum|access-date=11 September 2023}} In 2006, Bella Books published her first romance novel, Just This Once.{{cite web|author=Alice B Awards Organization|url=https://www.alicebawards.org/pastbios.html|title=Past Bios|publisher=Alice B Awards|access-date=11 September 2023}} MacGregor's romance saga, The Shaken Series, was called “ground-breaking” by Left Bank Books.{{cite web|author=Left Bank Books|url=https://www.left-bank.com/book/9781642472813|title=Words Unsaid|publisher=Left Bank Books|access-date=11 September 2023}}
Discussing the challenges of romance writing with Lambda Literary editor William Johnson, MacGregor described “the boundaries of the genre, i.e., two characters will overcome conflicts to be together, and their story will end on a happy or hopeful note” but said she can't accept “that it has to be utterly predictable. My challenge with each story is therefore to deliver a credible surprise.”{{cite web|author=William Johnson|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2012/08/kg-macgregor-love-is-all-around/|title=KG MacGregor: Love is All Around|date=18 August 2012 |publisher=Lambda Literary|access-date=11 September 2023}}
In an interview with Relationshipsarecomplicated.com, MacGregor noted that her favorite stories feature “characters who face challenges together and discover how love makes them stronger,” adding that she is “proud of any book that inspires readers to the virtues of kindness, honesty and courage.”{{cite web|author=Relationshipsarecomplicated.com|url=https://www.relationshipsarecomplicated.com/author-interview-with-kg-macgregor/|title=Author Interview with KG MacGregor|date=17 January 2022 |publisher=Relationshipsarecomplicated.com|access-date=11 September 2023}}
Works
(All Works Published by Bella Books unless noted)
=Standalone novels=
- Bringing Me Dreams (2022) {{ISBN|978-1-64247-406-0}}
- The Lucky Ones (2019) {{ISBN|978-1-64247-041-3}}
- The House on Sandstone (2019) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-076-8}}
- A Proper Cuppa Tea (2018) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-607-4}}
- Moment of Weakness (2017) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-557-2}}
- Trial by Fury (2016) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-492-6}}
- Touch of a Woman (2015) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-465-0}}
- T-Minus Two (2015) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-452-0}}
- Life After Love (2014)
- Anyone But You (2014) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-407-0}}
- West of Nowhere (2013) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-345-5}}
- Etched in Shadows (2013) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-373-8}}
- Rhapsody (2012) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-293-9}}
- Playing with Fuego (2012) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-313-4}}
- Photographs of Claudia (2010) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-168-0}}
- Worth Every Step (2009) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-142-0}}
- Sea Legs (2009) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-158-1}}
- Secrets So Deep (2008) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-125-3}}
- Sumter Point (2007) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-089-8}}
- Out of Love (2007) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-105-5}}
- Just This Once (2006) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-087-4}}
- Mulligan (2005) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-070-6}}
- Malicious Pursuit (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-118-5}}
=Series=
- Shaken Series #1: Without Warning (2008) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-120-8}}
- Shaken Series #2: Aftershock (2008) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-135-2}}
- Shaken Series #3: Small Packages (2009) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-149-9}}
- Shaken Series #4: Mother Load (2010) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-204-5}}
- Shaken Series #5: Words Unsaid (2021) {{ISBN|978-1-64247-281-3}}
=Short stories=
- “A Thankless Job” (2021)
- “Ship of Fools” (2021)
- “Every Single Vote” (2019)
- “Mulligan: Best Ball” (2012)
- “Luck of the Irish” (2012)
=Anthology contributions=
- In This Together (2021) {{ISBN|978-1-64247-333-9}}
- Happily Ever After (2016) {{ISBN|978-1-59493-542-8}}
- Undercover Tales (2007), published by Brisk Press
Awards
- 2019: A Proper Cuppa Tea – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Ann Bannon Popular Choice
- 2017: Trial by Fury – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, General Fiction
- 2016: T-Minus Two – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure
- 2013: Playing With Fuego – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure
- 2011: Photographs of Claudia – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Contemporary Traditional Romance
- 2010: Worth Every Step – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Contemporary Traditional Romance
- 2009: Secrets So Deep – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure
- 2009: Without Warning – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Contemporary Traditional Romance
- 2008: Out of Love – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Contemporary Traditional Romance
- 2007: Out of Love – Lambda Literary Award Winner, Lesbian Romance
Other recognition
- 2011: Keynote speech entitled “Walking the Trail” at Golden Crown Literary Society's annual conference.{{cite web|author=KG MacGregor|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ3w2O0bWHQ|title=Walking The Trail – Part 1| date=2 July 2011 |publisher=GCLS|access-date=11 September 2023}}{{cite web|author=KG MacGregor|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ZI3ugnNco|title=Walking The Trail – Part 2| date=2 July 2011 |publisher=GCLS|access-date=11 September 2023}}{{cite web|author=KG MacGregor|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egr1bBOWhxY|title=Walking The Trail – Part 3| date=2 July 2011 |publisher=GCLS|access-date=11 September 2023}}{{cite web|author=KG MacGregor|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuhB7r95HFY|title=Walking The Trail – Part 4| date=3 July 2011 |publisher=GCLS|access-date=11 September 2023}} In the Keynote speech, MacGregor “asked readers to follow even when I led them out of their comfort zone” and “other writers to lead them there too.” The goal is to “take the reader on a difficult and uncertain journey but make that reading experience worthwhile.”{{cite web|author=William Johnson|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2012/08/kg-macgregor-love-is-all-around/|title=KG MacGregor: Love is All Around|date=18 August 2012 |publisher=Lambda Literary|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2011: Lifetime Achievement Award – Royal Academy of Bards{{cite web|author=Stephanie Solomon/RockyVision|url=http://www.academyofbards.org/halloffame/hof2011.shtml|title=Royal Academy of Bards Hall of Fame|publisher=Academy of Bards|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2012: Alice B Medal – The Alice B Readers Award for her body of work.{{cite web|author=Alice B Awards Organization|url=https://www.alicebawards.org/pastbios.html|title=Past Bios|publisher=Alice B Awards|access-date=11 September 2023}}
Select interviews
- 2022: Cocktail Hour Productions: Interview with KG MacGregor{{cite web|author=Andi & Rose|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oojCh7-Znw|title=Episode 64-KG MacGregor| date=9 November 2022 |publisher=Cocktail Hour Productions|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2020: Bella Books Authors Corner, KG MacGregor T-Minus Two{{cite web|author=Bella Books|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4cgjiHzXk|title= Authors Corner, KG MacGregor onT-Minus Two| date=30 April 2020 |publisher=Bella Books|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2017: Les Do Books: KG MacGregor's Recent Lesfic Reads{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0cAaAjvSd0|title=KG MacGregor's Recent Lesfic Reads| date=31 August 2017 |publisher=Les Do Books|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2014: The Liz McMullen Show: Episode 44: KG MacGregor{{cite web|author=Liz McMullen and KG MacGregor|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BieL1xDP2-Y|title=The Liz McMullen Show: Episode 44| date=18 October 2013 |publisher=Liz McMullen|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2013: KG MacGregor at the yearly conference in Dallas{{cite web|author=GCLS|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fLsMS23fo&t=11s|title=GCLS Spotlight: KG MacGregor| date=18 September 2013 |publisher=Golden Crown Literary Society|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2013: 18 and Counting with Carsen Taite{{cite web|author=Carsen Taite/KG MacGregor/Carsen Taite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ltmP0KQ1wI|title=KG MacGregor: 18 and Counting| date=19 March 2013 |publisher=Carsen Taite|access-date=11 September 2023}}
Select reviews
- 2021: Words Unsaid – Golden Crown Literary Award Finalist, General Fiction{{cite web|author=LGBTQ Reader.com|url=https://lgbtqreader.com/2021/04/25/words-unsaid-k-g-macgregor/|title=Words Unsaid by KG MacGregor|date=25 April 2021 |publisher= LGBTQ Reader.com |access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2019: A Proper Cuppa Tea – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Ann Bannon Popular Choice, and Finalist, Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels{{cite web |author=April |title=A Proper Cuppa of Tea |date=6 September 2018 |url=https://www.thelesbianreview.com/proper-cuppa-tea-kg-macgregor/ |access-date=11 September 2023 |publisher=The Lesbian Review}}
- 2017: Trial by Fury – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, General Fiction and Finalist, Ann Bannon Popular Choice{{cite web|author=Les Read Aloud.com|url=https://lesreadoutloud.com/2016/06/23/kg-macgregor-trial-by-fury/|title=KG MacGregor: Trial By Fury|date=24 June 2016 |publisher=LesReadAloud.com|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2017: Moment of Weakness – Golden Crown Literary Award Finalist, Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure{{cite web|author=Anna Furtado|url= https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/08/moment-weakness-kg-macgregor|title=Moment of Weakness by KG MacGregor|date= 21 August 2017|publisher=Lambda Literary Review|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2016: T-Minus Two – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure and Finalist, Ann Bannon Popular Choice{{cite web|author=The Velvet Lounger|url=https://www.curvemag.com/blog/romance/t-minus-two-kg-macgregor/|title=T-Minus Two By KG MacGregor|date=10 June 2015 |publisher=Curve Magazine|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2015: Touch of a Woman – Golden Crown Literary Award Finalist, Traditional Contemporary Romance{{cite web|author=Lex Kent|url=https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25759264|title=The Touch of a Woman|publisher=Goodreads|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2014: Anyone But You – Golden Crown Literary Award Finalist, Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure and Finalist, Ann Bannon Popular Choice{{cite web|author=The Book Geek|url=https://www.curvemag.com/blog/romance/anyone-but-you-by-k-g-macgregor|title=Anyone But You by KG MacGregor|date=8 April 2014 |publisher=Curve Magazine|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2013: Etched in Shadows – Golden Crown Literary Award Finalist, Traditional Contemporary Romance and Finalist, Ann Bannon Popular Choice{{cite web|author=Jem|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17623878-etched-in-shadows |title=Etched in Shadows|publisher=Goodreads|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2012: Rhapsody – Golden Crown Literary Award Finalist, Ann Bannon Popular Choice{{cite web|author=Anna Furtado|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2012/07/rhapsody-by-kg-macgregor/|title=Rhapsody by KG MacGregor|date=18 July 2012 |publisher=Lambda Literary Review|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2011: Photographs of Claudia – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Contemporary Traditional Romance{{cite web|author=Anna Furtado|url=https://www.justaboutwrite.com/Reviews1210.html|title=Photographs of Claudia|publisher=Just About Write.com|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2010: Worth Every Step – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Contemporary Traditional Romance, Finalist, Ann Bannon Popular Choice, and Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Lesbian Romance{{cite web|author=JulesGP|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3449140-worth-every-step|title=Worth Every Step|publisher=Goodreads|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2009: Secrets So Deep – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure{{cite web|author=Thriftbooks|url=https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/secrets-so-deep_kg-macgregor/708117/#edition=5554556&idiq=4760051|title=Secrets so Deep|publisher=Thriftbooks|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2009: Without Warning – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Contemporary Traditional Romance and Finalist, Ann Bannon Popular Choice{{cite web|author=Danika Ellis|url=https://lesbrary.com/anna-m-reviews-without-warning-by-kg-macgregor/|title=Anna M Reviews Without Warning|date=22 March 2013 |publisher=The Lesbrary|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2008: Out of Love – Golden Crown Literary Award Winner, Contemporary Traditional Romance, Finalist, Ann Bannon Popular Choice, and Winner, 2007 Lambda Literary Award Winner, Lesbian Romance{{cite web|author=Diane Wallace|url=https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1294967|title=Out of Love|publisher=Goodreads|access-date=11 September 2023}}
- 2006: Just This Once – Golden Crown Literary Award Finalist, Traditional Contemporary Romance and Finalist, Ann Bannon Popular Choice{{cite web|author=Cheri|url=https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/747254 |title=Just This Once|publisher=Goodreads|access-date=11 September 2023}}
Personal
MacGregor and her partner of more than 30 years reside in Nashville, Tennessee.{{cite web|author=LHill|url=https://www.bellabooks.com/category/bella-author-kg-macgregor/|title=KG MacGregor|publisher=Bella Books|access-date=11 September 2023}}
References
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External links
- [https://kgmacgregor.com/ Official website]
- [http://www.bellabooks.com Publisher's home page]
- [https://www.briskpress.com/home.html Brisk Press home page]
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