Born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in Yorkshire, Paul has lived in the Highlands for decades, but has recently moved to his spiritual home, York.

From a working-class background and an underachiever at school, Paul travelled extensively during his nineteen-year service in the Royal Air Force. He joined the RAF as an airman in 1980, and after a period of supplementary education, his abilities and potential were recognised in the award of a commission in 1983.

His novels reflect some of the challenges faced in life in general and those faced by operators in executing their duties. Though entirely fictitious, the bulk of the characters draw upon an amalgam of the many positive personalities, plus a few less so, he encountered during his RAF career. For the author, writing these novels reawakened distant memories of places, but more importantly, of the people encountered and the many positive experiences they shared. In his formative years and younger life, Paul undertook sub-aqua diving, skiing, climbing, free-fall parachuting, and other adventurous pastimes.

Leaving the RAF in 1999 after attaining the rank of squadron leader, Paul owned and operated five hotels in the Highlands. Following his hospitality career and an eleven-year stint as a director of a commercial estate agency, Paul took to writing in 2020.

He has completed three published works: Operation Fulcrum Storm, Operation Red Kite, and Operation Yellow Typhoon. He also has five other novels at various stages of editing and publication. Remaining active and a keen golfer, residing in Culloden, Inverness, he gazes over the Moray Firth towards Fortrose and contemplates his next round of golf.

Paul and his wife, Mandy, are still enthusiastic about travelling, which fuels Paul’s passion and inspires him to keep writing.