Kevin Killian was a poet, author, editor, and playwright. He is known for being a groundbreaker of LGBT literature. He was also co-founder of the Poets Theater, a poetry, stage, and performance group based in San Francisco.Killian's first book, the novel "Shy," was published in 1989. He published four poetry collections, three collections of short stories, four novels, and one biography.Killian died in 2019.