Daniel McInerny is a novelist, screenwriter, and philosopher who teaches at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia. His novel, The Good Death of Kate Montclair, was published by Chrism Press in 2023. In 2024, Word on Fire Academic published his book Beauty & Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts. On his Substack, The Comic Muse, he shares his practical and philosophical study of the storytelling arts.