Darrell Kastin was born in Los Angeles, California. His maternal ancestors came from the Azores, settling in the United States at the end of World War II. He has spent considerable time on the islands over the years, using them as a setting for many of his short stories. His novel, The Undiscovered Island was published in 2009 by Tagus Press. It won the Silver Prize in the 2010 IPPY Awards. His short fiction has appeared in The Seattle Review, The Windsor Review, The Crescent Review, The Blue Mesa Review and elsewhere. he is a former used bookstore owner, and a former rare book scout. In 2007 Kastin released a CD of original songs titled Lullabies For Sinners--combination of folk and blues. 2011 he recorded a CD in Lisbon, Portugal, of Portuguese songs based on the poetry of Fernando Pessoa and Florbela Espanca, setting the poems to his music. The legendary Pedro Barroso produced the CD and used his musicians on the CD. Kastin played guitar and piano, and some background vocal, and his daughter, Shawna Lenore sang the vocals.

A short story collection titled, The Conjuror & Other Tales of the Azorean Nights was published in 2012.

Darrell Kastin currently resides in Sacramento, CA