About the Author
Deven Kane plays a mean bass and loves to tell stories. He writes dystopian sci-fi thrillers as well as urban fantasy, which he describes as “supernatural thrillers … set on another world.”
Deven’s been honing his writing chops since junior high school. He’d barely entered eighth grade when he submitted his first science fiction novella to a publisher.
As he soon discovered, aspiring 13-year-olds are rarely published. Fortunately, the editor, after politely turning him down, encouraged him to keep writing.
“That was very gracious of him,” Deven says now. “He could’ve said, ‘Kid, you’re wasting my time. Go dig a hole and bury yourself.’ But instead, he took the time to encourage an aspiring writer. I’ll never forget that, and want to pay it forward whenever I can.”
Deven enjoys reading across many genres — “good story-telling and great characters transcend genre” — but finds his writing groove in the dystopian end of the speculative pond, or crafting urban fantasy thrillers.
“Speculative fiction allows me to explore human nature, interpersonal conflicts, the desire to rise above our circumstances, and the obstacles holding us back,” he says. “Settings can change — Earth’s near future, the past, or an alien culture on another world — but the most engaging stories are about our personal interactions. The good, the bad, the ugly, and our need to transcend.”
He pauses, gazing out the window before adding with a wry grin, “And, let’s be honest. Writing speculative fiction is fun.”
Almost as much fun — one might suspect — as writing his own author bio in the third person.
You can read about Deven’s speculative fiction roots and influences here.
Drop Deven a line at info@devenkane.com.