Paul Langan

Born in Philadelphia, Paul Langan spent his early childhood in the city before moving with his single mother to southern New Jersey. There he attended public schools and worked a variety of jobs—including salesperson at a shoe store, attendant at a horse ranch, landscaper at a mental hospital, and a night-shift stockperson in a warehouse store near Atlantic City. “Each job,” he says today, “could be the topic of several juicy novels.” Additional experiences which shaped Paul's writing include living with international students, traveling to his college roommate’s home in Kenya, serving as a literacy tutor in a Philadelphia prison, working briefly in an AIDS hospice, and being a husband and parent. Today Paul lives with his wife and three children near Philadelphia. His books include The Bully, The Fallen, Promises to Keep, and Survivor.