Beresford McLean was born in western St. Mary, Jamaica. He attended and taught high school in Kingston. In 1970 McLean emigrated to the United States where he studied physics and subsequently worked in engineering. His current focus is writing. Broken Gourds, his first inspirational folklore, was published to great acclaim in 2002. His second novel, Providence Pond, came three years later. McLean’s third novel, Fish Hook River, is due by the fall of 2009.