Kyle Killen Biography

Fast Facts

• Earned his degree from the film school at the University of Southern California
• Determined to give screenwriting one final shot, he dressed up as a courier and dropped off scripts at every agency he could find in Los Angeles, and months later, one agent called him back
• Worked a number of jobs after graduating from college in fields like computer support and construction
• Wrote short fiction and first-person journalism before making it as a screenwriter
• Quote: "[on his "Mind Games" characters] "I've always been sort of fascinated with the way we work․ I became interested in people who could not just understand how we work, but use that advantage to change things․""
• Quote: "[on writing] "I quit, but I never really quit․ I took a lot of horrible, crazy jobs, but I always ended up writing about them or writing things that came out of them․""
• Known for creating television dramas including "Lone Star," "Awake" and "Mind Games․"
• Though he was born in Chicago, he moved to Burleson, Texas, when he was young and stayed in the state for some time