: About Me

Kevin Donovan is a 1983 graduate of Bucknell University, and native of Setauket, New York, an idyllic community on the north shore of Long Island. Soon after graduating he started work at Delta Air Lines in New York City, beginning a long tenure that would serve as the inspiration for his latest novel, AIRLINE.

After four years of night shifts, reservations phone calls and near poverty, Donovan moved to Salt Lake City in 1987 following Delta's acquisition of Western Airlines. In the coming years, he would move to Atlanta, New York, and finally back to Atlanta in 1995 to work on the management of Delta's 1996 sponsorship of the Centennial Olympic Games. He remains in Atlanta following his resignation in the fall of 2004.

Donovan's 21-year career at Delta afforded him many opportunities to travel, and perhaps his most avid journeys involved those to the Olympic Games. He has attended seven out of the last eleven Olympics in Calgary, Lillehammer, Atlanta, Nagano, Sydney, Salt Lake City, Athens and most recently, Torino. His passion for travel and his close friendships with many Delta employees were the most compelling reasons for his long tenure at the airline.

Like many Americans, the events of 9/11 were a watershed event for Donovan. He had always been a writer, but never one dedicated to fulfilling what he came to believe was his true calling. He began writing AIRLINE in the winter of 2001 and completed the first draft of the manuscript six months later. After additional revisions and many failed attempts to get agents to even read the thing, he went the print-on-demand route and launched the book in early 2005 to glowing reviews and robust sales (considering the burden of self-marketing). He has since completed a second novel entitled "Rough Air" and is seeking representation.

His most recent screenplay THE NEWSMAKER a story about a reporter who makes up stories - was a top 100 finalist in the 2004 Project Greenlight competition.

As is typical of many writers, he has pets a dog named Molly and a cat named Lucy the perfect companions to ward off the inevitable isolation that comes with intense periods of creativity. In addition to civilized political discourse at his favorite neighborhood pub, he also enjoys running, softball, camping, trivia, and the time he spends with his family and friends. He is single and, despite the claims of some of his friends, he is both hopeful and optimistic that this is not a permanent state.

Author of two screenplays, numerous short stories, several published essays and a set of Olympic Games memoirs, Donovan lives in Decatur, Georgia, where he is working on a non-fiction book tentatively entitled: "Bamboozled - Confessions of an Aging Bachelor".

Learn more about Kevin at www.kevinwdonovan.com

My passion is ...

The human mind.

I know too much about ...

Corporate malfeasance

My parents always told me ...

I could be a great singer, but I was too shy. But then the Japanese invented Karaoke and it was all over.

My childhood ambition ...

Major League Baseball player. Maybe I should have taken steroids

My favorite memory ...

Stealing home in front of my Dad.

Why I write ...

It is the perfect engagement of mind and world

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The New York Times, The Office and some New Age music by a group called Deep Blue.

My first job ...

Usher in a movie theater. Chicks dug me because I could get them in free.

My best moment ...

is still to come. But the moment I finished my first novel was deeply spiritual.

My inspiration ...

The New York Skyline

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