Calvin McMillin is a writer, teacher, and scholar. Born in Singapore and raised in rural Oklahoma, he went on to earn bachelors' degrees in English and secondary education from Oklahoma State University. After teaching junior high for a year, he obtained a master's degree in English from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and a doctorate in literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. McMillin has published short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. He also served as the editor of Frank Chin's THE CONFESSIONS OF A NUMBER ONE SON, a lost novel written in the 1970s that he discovered and restored for publication. For nearly a decade, he worked as a film critic for LoveHKFilm.com, a Hong Kong cinema website. Currently, McMillin teaches in Michigan.