Ken Atchity was an American producer, literary manager and author who produced more than 30 films, including The Meg (2018) and Meg 2: The Trench (2023), and wrote more than 20 books. He taught literature at Occidental College for 17 years. He died in Los Angeles on 19 October 2026 at the age of 82.
He was born in Eunice, Louisiana, in 1944 and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri.