Kevin Michael Sullivan

Writer of fiction, screenplays.

Kevin Michael Sullivan is a writer based in the U.S.

His news reporting has appeared in more than 30 publications. He currently writes fiction along with film and television screenplays. He received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and has completed coursework in screenwriting.

His television pilot for a mini-series about Mai, the Polynesian voyager who sailed with Captain Cook, was named a finalist in the 2025 Circa Historical Screenwriting Competition.

He has enjoyed a 30+ year career in financial services and lives with his wife in Wilmington, Delaware where he raised three children.

Novels

Engaging fiction.

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The Otahitian

Who is the young man in the beloved 1776 portrait by Joshua Reynolds?

The Otahitian is a historical novel that re-centers the life of Mai (Omai), the 18th-century Polynesian who became the first Pacific Islander to visit Britain and asks why he went—and what it cost him.

Written in spare, journalistic prose and grounded in primary sources, The Otahitian is an Indigenous-centered account of cultural intelligence, political adaptation, and the cost of learning an empire’s rules too late.

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Blowin' It Up

A novel told in the first person by a young, up-and-coming comedian as he examines the life of his mentor who got his start doing standup in New York City parks. Based loosely on the life of Charlie Barnett who died at 41 after gaining a following in comedy clubs and appearing in films and television.