Paul Burston

Paul Burston

Paul Burston is the author of five novels and the editor of two short story collections. His  novel, The Black Path, was longlisted for the Guardian’s Not The Booker Prize 2016 and was a bestseller at WHSmith. His first novel, Shameless, was shortlisted for the State of Britain Award. His third novel, Lovers & Losers was shortlisted for a Stonewall Award. His fourth, The Gay Divorcee, was optioned for television. He was a founding editor of Attitude magazine and has written for many publications including Guardian, Independent, Time Out, The Times and Sunday Times. In March 2016, he was featured in the British Council’s #FiveFilms4Freedom Global List 2016, celebrating ‘Thirty-three visionary people who are promoting freedom, equality and LGBT rights around the world’. He is the founder and host of London’s award-winning LGBT+ literary salon Polari and founder and chair of The Polari First Book Prize for new writing. His latest novel, The Closer I Get was an ebook bestseller, and longlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker Prize. He lives in London and Hastings, and is currently working on his memoir and a novel. Chat to him on Twitter @PaulBurston.