About Paul

Paul Engleman is the author of eight novels, including Dead in Center Field, winner of the Private Eye Writers of America SHAMUS award and Japan’s FALCON award. His other books featuring New York detective Mark Renzler include Catch A Fallen Angel, Murder-in-Law, Left for Dead, and Who Shot Longshot Sam? A second series, with Second City sleuth Phil Moony, includes The Man With My Name and The Man With My Cat.

A two-time winner of the Peter Lisagor award given by the Society of Professional Journalists, Engleman's articles, essays and interviews have appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, AARP, Playboy, Chicago magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, the Chicago Reader, the Huffington Post, and The Rotarian. His weekly column Diary of a Dad Housewife ran in the Chicago Sun-Times. Paul participated in the 2021 Bread Loaf Writers’ Workshop. In 2023, he is participating in the Tin House Workshop for TV Writing directed by Dean Bakopoulos under with screenwriters.

Originally from Wayne, New Jersey, Engleman attended Beloit College in Wisconsin.  He lives in Chicago with his wife, Barb Carney, a warrior for good causes in the non-profit world.

Paul writes, “I’m still at it and likely will be until the phone stops ringing or my fingers fall off,” meaning he is available for freelancing opportunities.

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