Dr Meryl McQueen

 

meryl.mcqueen[at]gmail.com

Only salt remains, of the Tide that prays to the Ocean, and of the tears that Dry under a death-white summer sun. -Sicily, 1935

Novels

• Only Salt Remains (literary fiction about two brothers in 1930s Italy, first page)
• Closer to Fine (literary fiction about refugees, first page)
• Zebras & Xylophones (middle-grade fiction, first page)
• The Slavery of Flight (literary fiction about post-apartheid South Africa, sample pages)
• Wrapped (contemporary fiction, first page)
• Safe Passage (teenage fiction, first chapter)
• Fall Daze (teenage fiction, first chapter)
• A Close Approximation of an Ordinary Life (an Asperger's Syndrome novella--see Autism Speaks for more info.)

Plays, Musicals and Films

• A Close Approximation of an Ordinary Life (adapted for stage, first 10 pages)
• Butterfly Blood (play, first 20 pages)
• Some Day Soon (film, sample pages)
• Walk the Plank (musical in the spirit of Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)

Poetry

• Indigo Falls

Short fiction

• Dead Fairies
• A Month of Sundays
• Vertigo
• Homesick
• Boarding Pass
• Swimming Lessons

Linguistics Research

• Ph.D. Thesis: Language and Power in Nonprofit / For-Profit Relationships
• EarthChild: Language, Power, and Symbolism for a Planet in Crisis (sample pages, purchase 47-page electronic version for $3.99)
• Language, Power,and Ethics in Decision-Making
• No Strings Attached: A Case Study of Innovative Methodology in Organizational Discourse
• Published work

I live in Sydney with my partner Yusuf and Avalanche the Charlie Chaplin lookalike cat.