Victor McConnell grew up in a small town in Texas and graduated from Dartmouth's creative writing program in 2004.  After a year in a wheelchair in 2005 and a long, mostly dormant period from 2010-2019, he resumed writing fiction and poetry in 2020. His work has appeared in a variety of literary journals, such as The Los Angeles Review, Dogwood, and Driftwood Press, among others. His first book, a collection of short stories titled When Even the Bones Have Thinned, is scheduled for publication in late-2025. He has a 14-year-old son and lives in Golden, Colorado.