Kevin Carver’s storytelling is deeply inspired by his obsession with old vinyl records, too much coffee, and the stern timelessness of John Steinbeck and Ray Bradbury. A graduate of the University of Rochester’s creative writing program and Gonzaga University’s communications and leadership graduate program, his career spans award-winning one-act plays, musical performances in forgotten indie bands, and writing published in Reflections Literary Journal, 585 Magazine, The Inlander, CITY News, FlowerSong Press, The NightWriter Review, and more. 

In 2025, Provender Press published his debut novel, The Forbidden Parallel, which is the first entry in a planned trilogy. His new band, Kevin Carver & the Parallels, released a corresponding novel soundtrack that is now available on streaming and vinyl.

Carver calls the soundtrack a creative impulse that lasted two years. “Some songs were composed just before I began the novel in earnest. After finishing the first draft, I returned to the music and was surprised to see just how my brain had been preparing me for this journey. They are strange bedfellows, but one could simply not exist without the other.”

When he’s not weaving tales or crafting immersive soundtracks to accompany his writing, you can find him chasing the sunset with his family on the California coast.