Kevin Andrews, born Roy Kevin Andrews in Beijing in 1924 to Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews, preferred to be called Kevin, not Roy Jr. He was a complex figure whose contributions to Greek archaeology, travel writing, and literature were often overshadowed by his father's fame.

Despite this, his work, notably "The Flight of Ikaros," which Patrick Leigh Fermor praised as a seminal book on Greece, has garnered a devoted following. 

Kevin’s life spanned continents and involved a diverse cast of figures, including W.H. Auden, Louis MacNeice, Dylan Thomas, Patrick Leigh Fermor, e.e.cummings, Scofield Thayer, Amelia Earhart, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, and Queen Frederika of Greece.

Kevin, possessing charm and intelligence, was nonetheless a troubled man whose enduring passion was Greece. He relinquished his American citizenship in 1975, becoming a Greek national. He lived as a recluse in Athens and died in 1989 while swimming off the island of Kythira.

Educated in England and New England, he graduated from Harvard in 1947 with a degree in Classics and English Literature. He then studied at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, leading to the publication of "Castles of the Morea" (1953), a work that received immediate acclaim.

His time in Greece, particularly during the Greek Civil War, also inspired "The Flight of Ikaros" (1959), a personal account of his travels.

Kevin Andrews defied categorization, opting for a life in Greece over a traditional academic path. His works provide valuable insights into both medieval Venetian architecture and the social and political landscape of post-World War II Greece.

Recent publications have helped to re-evaluate Kevin Andrews’ legacy as a classicist, musician, polemicist, and philhellene.