Kevin lynn Helmick began writing short stories and poetry in his early teens and gained small successes and notoriety throughout the eighties and early nineties. After a over decade long departure from any writing Helmick returned to the keyboard and produced a collection of selected poems and writings in 2009 and followed up with two novels in 2010. His influances range from classic literature greats like Hemingway and Faulkner, to more contempory writer like Cormac McCarthy and Larry Mcmurtry. He's currenty at work on his third novel expected to be completed spring, 2011.