Paul Burston was born in York, raised in South Wales and now lives in London.
His books include the critically-acclaimed novels 'Shameless' (shortlisted for the State of Britain Award 2001, reprinted 2009), 'Star People' (2006, reprinted 2009, 2010), 'Lovers and Losers' (shortlisted for the Stonewall Award 2007, reprinted twice in 2009, 2010) and his latest 'The Gay Divorcee' (2009, reprinted 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).