Kevin McColley is the author of several critically acclaimed novels. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked many jobs, including operating a nuclear reactor. He served in the U.S. Navy for six years, during which he traveled throughout the Caribbean pursuing drug runners. He also spent eight months in the Mediterranean recovering downed U.S. pilots, both dead and alive, and he patrolled Gadhafi's "line of death." He lives in northern Minnesota.

He is a teacher who also works as a writing instructor for the Long Ridge Writers Group.