Biography

McCune was born on July 18, 1985, in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia

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, to Keith

Keith McCune

Keith Michael McCune is a linguist, novelist, and translator. His study of Indonesian roots has been called "perhaps the most detailed and complete single work in the field of phonosemantics," while his retelling of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin earned praise from Michael Boyer, the...

 and Grace McCune, and was raised in the Philippines

Philippines

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 and Russia

Russia

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.

In the year 2000, when McCune was fourteen, his father showed him a three-page short story based on the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, and asked McCune to help him develop it. That short story became the 250-page novel, The Rats of Hamelin

The Rats of Hamelin

The Rats of Hamelin: A Piper's Tale is a historical fantasy/fairy tale fantasy novel by Adam McCune and Keith McCune. Gachi-Changjo Publishing Company published a Korean translation entitled 6월 26일, 하멜른 in 2007.Set in medieval Germany, the story is based on the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin...

, which was published by Moody Publishers

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 just before McCune's senior year at Wheaton College

Wheaton College (Illinois)

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McCune graduated from Wheaton College in 2006 with a B.A. in English Writing. In 2011 he completed an M.A. in English at the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Publications

• The Rats of Hamelin
  The Rats of Hamelin
  The Rats of Hamelin: A Piper's Tale is a historical fantasy/fairy tale fantasy novel by Adam McCune and Keith McCune. Gachi-Changjo Publishing Company published a Korean translation entitled 6월 26일, 하멜른 in 2007.Set in medieval Germany, the story is based on the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin...
  
  (Moody Publishers
  Moody Publishers
  Moody Publishers is a Christian publishing company that is focused on proclaiming the gospel message through its products. This vision is clearly stated within the company's mission statement...
  
  , 2005) co-authored with his father, Keith McCune
  Keith McCune
  Keith Michael McCune is a linguist, novelist, and translator. His study of Indonesian roots has been called "perhaps the most detailed and complete single work in the field of phonosemantics," while his retelling of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin earned praise from Michael Boyer, the...
  
  
• "AIDS & the Church: An Opportunity to Show God's Love" (TEAM Horizons Vol. 2, Iss. 2, 2007)

External links

• Rats of Hamelin home page