Paul Watkins

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in The United Kingdom

January 01, 1964

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http://www.paulwatkins.com/bio.htm

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Paul Watkins is an American author who currently lives with his wife and two children in Hightstown, New Jersey. He is a teacher and writer-in-residence at The Peddie School, and formerly taught at Lawrenceville School. He attended the Dragon School, Oxford, Eton and Yale University. He received a B.A. from Yale and was a University Fellow at Syracuse University, New York. His recollections of his time at the Dragon School and Eton form his autobiographical work Stand Before Your God: An American Schoolboy in England.

Writes crime fiction set at the birth of Stalin's Russia under Sam Eastland.

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Paul Watkins's Books

Average rating: 3.69 · 957 ratings · 116 reviews · 32 distinct works · Similar authors

	Stand Before Your God: An American Schoolboy in England 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forger: A Novel 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Over Day Over Night 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ice Soldier: A Novel 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of My Disappearance: A Novel 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thunder God 3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 85 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Blue Light of African Dreams 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn: A Novel 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Promise of Light: A Novel 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 55 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Archangel 3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I looked at Tarbox and saw he was a dangerous and ugly man. It was as if he had been born in someone's nightmare, then kicked his way out of their head.”
― Paul Watkins, The Promise of Light

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