I wanted to write about a little boy striving to be good in this harsh environment and to show just what we are prepared to do protect the ones we love. Paul is exceptionally well-connected as Director of the London Short Story Festival and his blog is a resource for writers receiving 40,000 hits a month. §Paul conducts regualar interviews with major authors such as George Saunders, Alison Moore and Kevin Barry. Paul has taught creative writing workshops for the Hampstead Theatre, the Tricycle Theatre, the British Library, the Barbican Centre and Spread the Word writer development agency and has been writer-in-residence in London schools for the last three years through the Catching Words programme.