MacKenzie Coyle

MacKenzie “Mac” Coyle, is a 12-year-old girl and one of the protagonists of Paper Girls. She appears in every issue of the series

Overview
Mac comes from a blue-collar Irish-Catholic family, within which she deeply admires her older brother. She was the first girl to become a paperboy in Stony Stream, following in her brother’s footsteps.

Personality
Mac is hot-headed and emotionally restrictive. She is a cigarette-smoking tomboy who frequently swears. Mac displays an openly homophobic attitude at the beginning of the series, hurling insensitive slurs and expressing disgust at the thought of homosexuality. However, she loosens these thoughts when she learns about KJ's orientation.