ASPIRING AUTHOR
Kevin Swift is an aspiring author who has penned several award-winning tales including "The Worst Food I Ever Ate" (1st grade), a slice of Americana about his first time trying Brussels sprouts and "Hunting for Electronics" (7th grade), a short story about his visit to his uncle's hunt club and kennel and the struggle to get by without his Discman for 72 hours. He recently moved from Chicago into the nearby suburbs and lives there with his wife and two dogs.
Works By Kevin
Note that for word counts, one book page is usually ~250 words.
Sunny Lake
Kevin's debut novel. First draft completed and in the editing stage. Horror/thriller that answers the question of "what if crazy cat ladies were actually...crazy?" Follows Evie Fuller as she's called back to her small hometown when her father, missing for twenty years, shows back up as the chief suspect in a brutal local crime.
First Draft-Complete!
Second Draft Rewrite:
8% complete.
Return to Work
Kevin's second novel currently in progress. An entire office building is held hostage by a biological threat on the first full post-lockdown work day and explores how people with varying backgrounds handle a pandemic-related crisis while trapped in the same space together.
Word Count as of 7/22/25: 18,408