Kevin Durkin attended schools in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Germany before earning his degree in English literature from Princeton University. He has taught English in Singapore, Kitakyushu (Japan), New York City, and Washington, D.C. He also has performed in the plays of Shakespeare across the United States. Currently a managing editor at Light and at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, he resides with his wife and two daughters in Santa Monica.