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" 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," was 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.