I was born in Columbus, Ohio on August 13, 1980 to Ellen and Karl Peak. I spent the first twenty-six years of my life there, but also consider Thomaston, Georgia to be my adopted hometown after spending the first fourteen summer vacations there with maternal grandparents, great grandparents and special cousins.
Writing became a way to express myself in middle school after classmates started making fun of my lisp. This jeering led to fear of talking in front of peers and led to focusing on written words. It was also my dream as a young child to be a Sports Writer, inspired by a love of Sports Illustrated and Slam Magazines.
After graduating from Northland High School in June of 1998, I went on to attend college at The Ohio State University at Newark. It was there where I honed my writing skills and received a Bachelor Degree in Sociology. I was also a four-year starter on the varsity basketball team where I finished my career as the second all-time leading scorer and rebounder in school history. I was also first in games played, steals and blocked shots. Upon finishing my career, my #33 jersey retired.
During the final quarter of college, I started a career in the news broadcast business as a video editor at the local ABC/FOX affiliate in Columbus. After a year and a half as an editor I was promoted to News Producer, where my writing abilities were used to write scripts as well as craft the visual presentation of newscasts. After two years as a producer I moved on to a local news station in Orlando, Florida where I spent four years as a morning show producer covering a wide range of stories from the Orlando Magic’s 2009 trip to the NBA Finals to the Casey Anthony case.
After spending 9 years in broadcast news, I left to pursue my passion and dreams of writing and film making. I have written several screenplays that I hope and pray turn into feature films. I have also self published a book “Tears From My Soul,” which is a collection of poems, quotes and essays from my teens years and early 20’s.
In 2013, I earned my M.F.A degree from Full Sail University’s Creative Master’s program.
Contact me at kavispeak@yahoo.com
Kavis Peak 