Paul Jessup (writer)
Paul Jessup | |
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| Born | Paul Matthew Jessup August 24, 1977 Geneva, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, Game Designer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Kent State University |
| Notable works | Skinless Man Counts to Five, Glass House, Daughter of the Wormwood Star, Glass Coffin Girls, Open Your Eyes |
| Notable awards | Virginia Perryman Award for Excellence in Short Stories (2000) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
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Paul Matthew Jessup (born August 24, 1977) is an American writer of horror fiction short stories, novels, poetry, and plays. He is also a video game designer, and solo developer/pixel artist for Riddle Fox Games, creator of the best selling game Bad Writer.
His short stories have had honorable mentions in several year's best anthologies, including Year's Best Horror, and the Year's best Fantasy and Horror, and Year's Best Science Fiction. His work has been translated into several different languages, with Open Your Eyes being published in Polish.
In 2000 he was awarded Kent States Virginia Perryman Award for Excellence in Freshman Short Fiction.