Keith McCune

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Keith McCune
Keith McCune at the Grand Canyon in 2006, portrait by Adam McCune.
Born	Keith Michael McCune (1955-12-23) December 23, 1955 (age 68) United States
Occupation	Novelist linguist translator
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Spouse	Grace Osborn
Children	3
Website
www.ratsofhamelin.com

Keith Michael McCune (born December 23, 1955) is an American linguist, novelist, and translator. His study of Indonesian roots has been called "perhaps the most detailed and complete single work in the field of phonosemantics,"^[1] He has written a novel that retells the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, which earned praise from Michael Boyer, the official Piper Piper of Hamelin, Germany.