Kevin Avery

Kevin Avery's writing has appeared in publications as diverse as Mississippi Review, Penthouse, Weber Studies, Salt Lake Magazine, and Dazed & Confused. His first two books, "Everything Is an Afterthought: The Life and Writings of Paul Nelson" and "Conversations with Clint: Paul Nelson's Lost Interviews with Clint Eastwood" are were published in the fall of 2011 by, respectively, Fantagraphics Books and Continuum Books. Fantagraphics published his third book, "It's All One Case: The Illustrated Ross Macdonald Archives," a collection of Paul Nelson's 1976 interviews with detective novelist Ross Macdonald, in October 2016. The book is a collaboration with book designer and Macdonald scholar Jeff Wong. His fourth book, "I Like People That Can't Sing: Paul Nelson Interviews Leonard Cohen and Lucinda Williams, will be published by Fantagraphics in 2025. Kevin is currently at work on a novel. Though born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he now lives, he considers himself a New York expatriate.