Americana songwriter and Kansas-City-based storyteller K.W. Peery is the author of twelve poetry collections. He is founder and editor of The Angel's Share Literary Magazine and Scattergun Poetry Journal (Shine Runner Press).
His work is included in the Vincent Van Gogh Anthology Resurrection of a Sunflower, The Cosmic Lost and Found: An Anthology of Missouri Poets (Spartan Press), The Konza Poetry Project Presents: Somewhere Between Kansas City And Denver (Spartan Press) and Best of Mad Swirl Anthology 2018.
Peery’s work has been published in The Main Street Rag, Chiron Review, San Pedro River Review, The Gasconade Review, Big Hammer, Blink Ink, Rusty Truck, Mad Swirl, Veterans Voices Magazine, Mojave River Review, The Asylum Floor, From Whispers to Roars, Fearless Poetry Zine, Culture Cult Magazine, Punk Noir, Mutata Re and The Beatnik Cowboy.
Credited as a lyricist and producer, Peery's work appears on more than twenty studio albums over the past decade.