John Oliver Killens

Author 4 · 1954 – 2021 · 📖 4 · 🇺🇸 United States

John Oliver Killens was an American fiction writer from Georgia. His novels featured elements of African-American life. In his debut novel, Youngblood (1954), Killens coined the phrase "kicking ass and taking names". He also wrote plays, short stories and essays, and published articles in a range of outlets.