Kevin Powers

Kevin Powers is an American poet and novelist, and a veteran of the Iraq War. His debut novel The Yellow Birds won the Guardian First Book Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award, establishing him as one of the most important literary voices to emerge from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. A Line in the Sand continues his exploration of war, memory, and moral reckoning through powerful, lyrical prose. Powers served as a machine gunner in the US Army in Iraq, and his writing draws on that experience with unflinching honesty. His audiobooks and books are essential for readers and listeners seeking literary fiction that confronts the human costs of war with genuine artistry.