Paul Elwork has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Temple University and a master’s degree in English from Arcadia University, where he teaches creative writing. His fiction has appeared in various literary journals, including SmokeLong Quarterly, Philadelphia Stories, Short Story America, Word Riot, and Johnny America. He lives in New Jersey, not far from his hometown of Philadelphia.
The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead, his first novel, was released in hardcover by Amy Einhorn Books in 2011 and in paperback by Berkley Books in 2012.