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.
- Occupation
- novelist, writer, pedagogue
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 14, 1916
- Died
- October 27, 1987
