Boyle grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and rose to prominence among the Alt Lit and internet community after writing popular articles for Thought Catalog[1] and marrying writer Tao Lin.
[3] In 2011, Lin published Boyle's poetry collection, selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee, which garnered favorable reviews.
But while the narrators of these tight, polished novels speak in steady tones of sly nihilism or emptied resignation, as if their authors have dressed them in large sunglasses and T-shirts that say “Nothing Matters,” Megan desperately wants to believe something does.
"[12] In a review for the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, newspaper LNP titled "'Liveblog' is a masterpiece for the social media age," Mike Andrelczyk wrote: "Boyle has written perhaps the most realistic novel ever.
"[13] In The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2019, Pete Tosiello wrote: "Megan Boyle’s long-simmering autofiction experiment Liveblog left readers captivated and cowering with its lengthy portrayal of the author’s everyday exploits.