October 20, 1893 [Anderson, Indiana] – July 28, 1983 [Binghamton, New York]
MacLeod was born in Anderson, Indiana and spent his early life working on a farm. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from DePauw University in 1915. He married Irene (Miller), also a graduate of DePauw, in Indiana the same year (they eventually divorced). He worked as a journalist at various locations in the West, eventually becoming a copywriter in a firm in California, eventually becoming a partner in the company. He started writing poetry in 1924. He also wrote novels centered upon the farming community in Indiana, including Three Steeples, The Years of Peace and The Crowded Hill.
