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McNeill grew up on a Pocahontas County farm and often wrote about rural Appalachian life. Her father, G. D. McNeill, was also a writer.
Her most famous book, Gauley Mountain (1939), showed her talent for using local dialect and creating powerful images of mountain people and traditions. She wrote poetry throughout her life and was West Virginia’s poet laureate from 1979 until her death.
McNeill also wrote a memoir, The Milkweed Ladies (1988), and a later poetry collection, Hill Daughter (1991). She taught history and English at several West Virginia colleges and inspired many younger writers. Much of her work is preserved in the West Virginia & Regional History Center at WVU.
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