Scott Paulson

Scott Paulson is an award-winning Midwestern American English teacher and author from the Chicago area. He has written many books including several informational writings as well as contemporary fiction, historical fiction, and memoirs.

His books are listed and briefly described below:

"Writing in the Closet" is a contemporary adventure fiction novel. Robert Jones has enjoyed teaching English in Chicago for over three decades but has taken his retirement as soon as possible. The major reason he has retired is that he has often been dissatisfied with others in the profession. After retiring, he begins delivering food, a job in which he can work alone most of the day. Yet, while on that job, he enjoys encountering many people in many different walks of life. On the evening when he has an undeliverable food package in that the customer can’t be found, he chooses not to eat it or dispose of it. Instead, he stops at a train's underpass in Chicago’s Little Village where he has previously seen homeless people gathered, and he offers the food to them. This is when he meets Berta, and his adventures begin. Though Berta is allegedly a lady of the evening with an admitted drug addiction, Robert takes a great liking to her. They are much the same in some ways and interestingly different in others. Similarly, both of them need more civil companionship than they have previously had in their lives. Consequently, they begin spending much time together, until Berta goes missing. Robert’s unlikely attraction to her is strangely admirable and understandable since he wants companionship. When telling his niece Jennifer about having met Berta, as well as some of Berta's acquaintances on the street, she is captivated by his stories and suggests he write a novel about his adventures. Ultimately, Berta inspires Robert to write, and Robert tries to inspire Berta to improve her life. An interesting plot evolves when Robert meets a potential publisher who insists he add sex scenes to his novel, which is something of which Robert isn't comfortable. This book is a literary fiction, cozy contemporary adventure available in e-book, paperback, and hard cover.

"Technology Integration Across the Curriculum: Teacher and Parent Resource for Virtual Education and Computer Class" is one of Paulson's educational books, which culminates 41 years of his teaching experiences that have primarily been in English, ESL, Developmental English, and Computer classrooms. During a decade of his teaching career, he integrated technology across the curriculum, including English reading and writing, Math, Science, Geography, History, Music, Spanish language, and Technology. This book details a wide spectrum of the many lessons and activities he created for his students, including the learning goals and outcomes. The book was written when virtual education became essential in the 2020s. This educational, non-fiction book is available in e-book and paperback.

"English and Spanish: The Similarities and Differences (including an Extensive Grammar and Phonics Review)" is a popular educational book about the English and Spanish languages. This book, Paulson's best seller, is ideal for language learners wanting to learn English or Spanish via the dual language method, which has become the most effective way to learn a new language. The book is available in paperback and e-book formats. A hard cover of this book is available as "English and Spanish: The Similarities, Differences, and Contemporary Translations," which is a three-in-one book of Paulson's three English/Spanish books: "English and Spanish: The Similarities and Differences," "English to Spanish Translations for Contemporary Communication," and "Christmas Words and Phrases in English and Spanish." The three-in-one edition, "English and Spanish: The Similarities, Differences, and Contemporary Translations" is also available in e-book and paperback.

"English to Spanish Translations for Contemporary Communication" has a self-explanatory title. The text translates words and phrases that people find useful for communicating with one another in English and Spanish. The translations are from English to Spanish. The book begins with words and phrases useful for getting to know someone, Following, there are many categorized vocabulary words that are designed for learners to study the word groups they desire to learn. Extremely unique and beneficial in this text are two sections that teach readers the common street language, often raw language, that is commonly used among Latin American Spanish speakers who have relocated to the United States. This book, originally released in 2020, is repeatedly updated to remain current. This educational, non-fiction book is available in e-book, paperback, and hard cover.

"73 Life's Lessons" is an updated and expanded edition of "65 Life's Lessons: The Most Important Lesson from Each Year of My Life (Plus Momisms)" and "70 Life's Lessons," which are self-help-styled memoirs with advice for living one's best life. The newest edition, "73 Life's Lessons," was released in 2023, and is available as an e-book, paperback, and hard cover.

"Food Deliveries Tales: True Stories about Delivering Restaurant Food (including How to Get a Delivery Job)" gives valuable information to delivery personnel, customers, and restaurant partners. The text is packed with interesting and entertaining true stories about Paulson's adventures in doing deliveries in and around Chicago. The book, designed to be a quick and easy read, is available in e-book and paperback.

"Walk - Don't Run" is a childhood memoir of the author's life as a ten-year-old boy growing up in the Midwest in 1960. It is historically accurate, which makes it an ideal educational book for students, while also being of interest to all ages. The memoir is available in e-book, paperback, and hard cover.

"My Life as a Song: The History of Recorded Music" is an exhaustive historical fiction novel about recorded music, beginning in 1892 and continuing to current methods of recording and distributing recorded music to the world. Beyond interesting and entertaining, it is beneficial for educating music students. It is available in e-book, paperback, and hard cover.

"Instrumentals: The Number One Instrumental Recordings from 1950 to the Present" gives music fans a great deal of music history and trivia about every instrumental recording to reach number one on Billboard's popular music charts since 1950. The book, available in paperback and e-book formats, is updated to a newer edition when important changes occur in the lives of the musicians who are referenced in the text.

"My Family Won't Read My Books: About Venting Emotions" discusses the pros and the cons of dealing with anger and frustration as well as the many methods of which people may vent anger and other emotions, according to experts. The author reveals how he deals with his own vented issues. The informative book with personal perspectives is available in e-book and paperback.

"Restaurant Stories" tells of real restaurant experiences that are sometimes humorous and sometimes shocking, in addition to the reviews of every restaurant, there are numbered listings of the worst and best restaurants the author has patronized. This book is available in e-book and paperback.

"Christmas Words and Phrases in English and Spanish: Palabras y Frases de Navideñas en Inglés y Español" is Paulson's timeless educational release, which includes hundreds of seasonal terms, alphabetically listed in both English and Spanish. The first part of the book is English translated to Spanish and the second part is Spanish translated to English. The book ends with a thorough explanation of how Spanish and English are pronounced in terms of letters' sounds and syllables' accentuations. It is a great accompaniment to the book "English and Spanish: The Similarities and Differences (including an Extensive Grammar and Phonics Review). "Christmas Words and Phrases in English and Spanish..." is available in e-book and paperback and is also included in the book "English and Spanish: The Similarities, Differences, and Contemporary Translations," which is available in e-book, paperback, and hardcover.

Lastly, besides being a writer of books and magazine articles, Paulson is also a songwriter with published and recorded songs. During his four-decade teaching career, he has taught at secondary schools and community colleges in the academic areas of English, English as a Second Language, Developmental English, Music, and Computer skills. His part-time employments outside of teaching through the years have included disc jockey on radio and in nightclubs, restaurant manager, web page writer for a downtown Chicago bank, political writer for Examiner, and a number of part-time delivery jobs. Currently, he spends most of his time writing.

Occasionally, some of Paulson's books are free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.