Kelvin L. Reed grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin along with his five brothers. He holds a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Kelvin spent most of his professional life as an educator in the role of teacher, college dean and school counselor before leaving the profession to write full time. His first novel, Rookie Year: Journey of a First-Year Teacher, about a teacher fresh out of college, was published in 1999. Kelvin's fourth novel, Guilt by Association, a legal drama about a Black lawyer who defends a White supremacist who planted a bomb that killed a 12-year-old Black girl, has been download over 55,000 times. Eris, Demon Lover is Kelvin's seventh novel.
Kelvin resides in Las Vegas with his wife. When he's not writing he enjoys reading, taking walks and watching reality crime shows.
The 2020 dramatized adaptation of Hunter Shea's 2014 novel The Montauk Monster is an exciting, fast-paced story about carnivorous, brutal monsters unleashed on a small town in eastern New York. Gory, with scores of deaths and thirty different contributing narrators, it grabbed my attention from the beginning. The storyline about the creatures' origin is far from original, but I was able to suspend disbelief and enjoy the story. Not for the squeamish. Strongly recommended. April 23, 2024
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The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead is a novel with somewhat unrealized potential. It contains several engrossing scenes about the life of a slave named Cora who runs away from her cruel master. The story contains much wonderful prose. Unfortunately, the novel is bogged down by long passages of details and backstory about a myriad of supporting characters. Bahni Turpin's narration is well done, but the novel overall is not recommended. April 22, 2024
