Paul Watkins (novelist)
Encyclopedia
Paul Watkins is an American
author who currently lives with his wife, [Cathy] and two children, [Emma, Oliver] in Hightstown, New Jersey
. He is a teacher and writer-in-residence at The Peddie School, and formerly taught at Lawrenceville School
. He attended the Dragon School, Oxford
, Eton
and Yale University
. He received a B.A. from Yale
and was a University Fellow at Syracuse University
, New York
. His recollections of his time at the Dragon School
and Eton
form his autobiographical work Stand Before Your God: An American Schoolboy in England (1993). He wrote his first book, Night Over Day Over Night (1988), when he was 16 years old.
Russia
with Inspector Pekkala as protagonist. The first novel is titled Eye of the Red Tsar (2010) and focuses on the fall of the Romanovs. It is followed by Shadow Pass (2011), published in the UK as The Red Coffin, with more to come in the future.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author who currently lives with his wife, [Cathy] and two children, [Emma, Oliver] in Hightstown, New Jersey
Hightstown, New Jersey
Hightstown is a Borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 5,494.Hightstown was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 5, 1853, within portions of East Windsor Township. The borough became...
. He is a teacher and writer-in-residence at The Peddie School, and formerly taught at Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville School
The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational, independent preparatory boarding school for grades 9–12 located on in the historic community of Lawrenceville, in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, U.S., five miles southwest of Princeton....
. He attended the Dragon School, Oxford
Dragon School
The Dragon School is a British coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School, or OPS. It is primarily known as a boarding school, although it also takes day pupils...
, Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. He received a B.A. from Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and was a University Fellow at Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. His recollections of his time at the Dragon School
Dragon School
The Dragon School is a British coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School, or OPS. It is primarily known as a boarding school, although it also takes day pupils...
and Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
form his autobiographical work Stand Before Your God: An American Schoolboy in England (1993). He wrote his first book, Night Over Day Over Night (1988), when he was 16 years old.
Fiction
- Night Over Day Over Night (1988)
- Calm at Sunset, Calm at DawnCalm at Sunset, Calm at DawnCalm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn is the second novel by American author Paul Watkins. It was published in 1989 by Houghton Mifflin and shared the Encore Award the following year.-Plot introduction:...
(1989) (won 1990 Encore AwardEncore AwardThe £10,000 Encore Award for the best second novel - now awarded biennially - was first awarded in 1990. It is administered by the Society of Authors and is sponsored by Lucy Astor. The award fills a niche in the catalogue of literary prizes by celebrating the achievement of outstanding second...
) - In the Blue Light of African Dreams (1990)
- The Promise of Light (1992)
- Archangel (1995)
- The Story of my Disappearance (1997)
- The ForgerThe ForgerThe Forger is a novel by Paul Watkins about a young American painter who comes to Paris in order to pursue a lifelong dream of the romantic life of a painter in the period prior to World War II. David Halifax, the aspiring artist, has been granted an all expense paid trip by a mysterious and...
(2000) - Thunder God (2004)
- The Ice Soldier (2005)
Non-Fiction
- Stand Before Your God: An American Schoolboy in England (1993)
- The Fellowship of Ghosts: Travels in the Land of Midnight Sun (2006)
Recent Works
Recently Watkins has begun writing a series of novels under the pseudonym Sam Eastland. His new detective series is set in StalinistStalinism
Stalinism refers to the ideology that Joseph Stalin conceived and implemented in the Soviet Union, and is generally considered a branch of Marxist–Leninist ideology but considered by some historians to be a significant deviation from this philosophy...
Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
with Inspector Pekkala as protagonist. The first novel is titled Eye of the Red Tsar (2010) and focuses on the fall of the Romanovs. It is followed by Shadow Pass (2011), published in the UK as The Red Coffin, with more to come in the future.