Paul Bishop is an author and a high-ranking detective in the Los Angeles Police Department with the current rank of Detective III, working in the San Fernando Valley Bureau's Mission Division, Sex Crimes Unit. He is an avid writer who has written and published several successful novels.
The Los Angeles Times has called Paul Bishop ‘the closest equivalent of Joseph Wambaugh yet,’ and stated Citadel Run ‘could hardly be better.’ As a writer, Paul's byline has appeared in numerous national publications, and his short stories have been published in many anthologies. His previous novels include Shroud of Vengeance, Citadel Run, Sand Against the Tide, and Chapel of the Ravens. Chalk Whispers is the fourth novel in his Fey Croaker series, which includes Kill Me Again, Twice Dead, and Tequila Mockingbird. He has also written feature film scripts and numerous episodic scripts for television.