Bryant H. McGill

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Bryant Harrison McGill was born in (Mobile, Alabama on November 7, 1969) writing poetry from an early age, he had the opportunity to study briefly under the poetic protégé and close friend of W.H. Auden, and the contributing editor of the Paris Review who was responsible for the well-known Auden interview in the Spring of 1974. In the mid-90s McGill also studied for several years under Dr. Allen W. Eckert, who is a seven-time Pulitzer Prize nominee and Emmy Award-winning naturalist and historian.

McGill is the editor and author of the McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme, and other books in the McGill Reference Series, which are used by over one hundred thousand writers, educators, students, aspiring-poets and songwriters from over one hundred countries. McGill's works continue to receive positive reviews and commentaries from such noted individuals as actor Michael Douglas, Ed McMahon, Bob Hope, George Plimpton, Jules Archer, Nobel Prize laureate, Dr Saul Bellow, and many others. McGill’s biography has been profiled in Marquis Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who in the America, the Cambridge Blue Book, and the 33rd edition of the Dictionary of International Biography published by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England. He is listed in numerious autograph references, such as The Celebrity Black Book: 2005 Edition (ISBN 0-9707095-3-6), The Ultimate Celebrity Address & Phone Book (ISBN 1-4116-1753-3), and the 2006 CBB Celebrity Addresses (ISBN 0-9707095-7-9).

In July 20th, 2006, actor Gary Busey discussed his close friendship with McGill on Coast to Coast AM when referring to a group he called The Four Horsemen of the Cosmos, which is comprised of Busey, McGill, Jim Karol and Coast to Coast regular, the celebrity astrologer Louis Turi.

On August 21, 2006 Bryant McGill was the subject of a front-page article in the Wall Street Journal concerning a celebrity group created on MySpace.com by he and his partner, the celebrity entertainer and actor Jim Karol. McGill, a celebrity consultant who runs a PR firm serving highly visible individuals and institutions created the group as part of efforts with his partner to organize a foundation openly endorsed by celebrity friends, which they named The Gift Giver's Foundation.