Dealing with a physical disability - twisted and transposed to a character in 'A Chance Kill' - prompted Paul to change his life and give up full-time teaching to write. He studied history, education, international affairs and literary journalism at the Universities of Cardiff, Oxford and Hong Kong. In researching A Chance Kill Paul met with expert historians in Warsaw, Prague and London.Paul is from England and currently lives in the jungled fringes of Hong Kong. He writes freelance, often for the South China Morning Post, and is working on a World War Two novel set in Hong Kong.