About Paul

Paul Beckman lives in a small shoreline town in Connecticut with his wife Sandra.  Their blended family of five children has to date produced seven grandchildren. Two of their kids are pulling more of their weight in this department than others, but who's counting?

In 1999, Paul received his MFA from Bennington College while working full time in the real estate business in which he has been involved for the past thirty plus years.

He has also been a restaurateur, bartender, pin setter, carpenter, Teamster, Air Traffic Controller, numbers runner, builder, butcher and paper boy amongst other callings in his life. Some of his passions are traveling, photography, snorkeling, diving and of course reading.

His goal is to have another collection of his short fiction published while continuing to write and have his work published both in print and online. 

His first published collection is Come! Meet My Family and other stories.

He is a member of PEN USA.

Paul is pleased to have his work published in New Zealand, surprised to have it translated into two German anthologies of Humor by Jewish Writers  and thrilled to have several of his short stories turned into plays.

Quote on writing:

"You only have to eavesdrop to have a ready source of material."