KEVIN MELLOR

Kevin Mellor has been a fast-food cook, carpenter’s assistant, carpet cleaner, ride-jockey in a traveling carnival, cleaner of industrial air handlers, sound-and-light technician, janitor, the bass player in a punk rock band called Cock, recorded four albums under the name paledarknothing, and writes articles for www.patmagazine.com under the name Kevin Whatever. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Lit from Western Illinois University. For the last 10 years he’s worked the night shift in a meat packing plant-- the checks always cash, and the people who send him bills seem to like that. Kevin lives in central Illinois with his wife, Beth. No kids, no pets, no plants. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies is his first published novel.