Michelle McLean is a USA Today bestselling author who writes historical and contemporary romances. She also writes as Kira Archer. Combined, she has published 30+ books and has several film projects in the works. Her novel Truly, Madly, Sweetly, written as Kira Archer, was adapted as a Hallmark Original movie in 2018, and 69 Million Things I Hate About You was optioned by Amazon MGM studios in 2025.
Michelle has a B.S. in History, a M.A. in English, and an insatiable love of reading and libraries, likely due to spending most of her formative years with her nose in a book. She resides in central PA with her family and a rotating menagerie of fur babies.