William Paul (author)

William Halkerston Clunie Paul is a journalist and author of thriller and crime novels. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Linda.

William HC Paul
BornNewport, Fife
NationalityScottish
Period1955 – present
Website
williamhcpaul.com

Background

Paul grew up in the Fife village of Kingskettle in Scotland. He has an older brother Donald and a younger sister Elizabeth Anne.

Paul attended the village primary school before going to Bell Baxter High School in Cupar. In 1973 he went to Aberdeen University where he graduated with an MA in English and Politics.

After university, Paul became a trainee reporter for the Press and Journal. He then moved to Edinburgh where he was a reporter on The Scotsman. Paul's first son Andrew was born in 1983 while Paul was working on his debut novel Seasons of Revenge.

In 1985, Paul's his second son, William, was born and Seasons of Revenge was published. A second novel Mummy's Boy was published the next year.

In 1988, Paul joined Scotland on Sunday as senior writer. He was promoted to Chief Reporter then News Editor, then Assistant Editor and finally Executive Editor. In 1999, Paul was temporarily seconded from Scotland on Sunday to be the launch editor of www.scotsman.com. He left in 2001 to become the Head of Digital Communications for the Scottish Government until February 2019.

Paul continues to write novels. He also writes news articles and reports on rugby matches and is a lifelong supporter of Raith Rovers F.C..

Bibliography
  • Seasons of Revenge, Severn House, London 1985, Futura paperback 1987
  • Mummy's Boy, Macdonald, London 1987, Futura 1988
  • The Hindmost, Macdonald, London 1988, Futura 1989
  • The Lion Rampant, Macdonald, London 1989
  • Dance of Death, Severn House, London 1991
  • Sleeping Dogs, Constable, London 1994, St Martin's Press, New York 1995,Endeavour Press 2017
  • Sleeping Pretty, Constable, London 1995, St Martin's Press, New York 1996, Endeavour Press 2017
  • Sleeping Partner, Constable, London 1996, St Martin's Press, New York 1996, Endeavour Press 2017
  • Stranger Things, Constable. London 1997
  • Trial By Ordeal, Mainstream, Edinburgh 1998, (ghosted biography of imprisoned Saudi nurse)
  • Scotland Since 1688 - Struggle for a Nation, CIMA, London 2000, co-authored with Prof Ted Cowan and Dr Richard Finlay

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