Keith was born in Biloxi, Mississippi and raised in the season-less city of palm trees and blacktop known as Torrance, in South Cali.  At the age of 14, his parents took family back to where his father grew up, near Cincinnati, Ohio.

Keith graduated from Northern Kentucky University, where he majored in English with a focus in Creative Writing.  He has experience in journalism, but his real passion is writing stories and poetry, from the opportunities and hindrances his mixed heritage affords him, to scenes from historical moments that grab him, to whatever floats to mind.

Keith reads at, and helps run, The Running Word, a spoken word event that takes place in Covington, Kentucky twice a month.  Keith's works have appeared in the journals NKUExpressed and Appalachian Heritage.  Additionally, he has an essay in The Journal of Kentucky Studies.