Paul Brooks (1909–1998) was a nature writer, book editor, and environmentalist.
He was editor-in-chief of Houghton Mifflin's General Book Department from 1943 until his retirement in 1969.
He wrote Two Park Street: A Publishing Memoir, containing anecdotes about his experiences editing the works of Rachel Carson, Roger Tory Peterson, Winston Churchill, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., and James Agee, among others.
[2] Paul Brooks suggested the title Silent Spring for Rachel Carson's famous book.
[3] In 1965 Brooks won the John Burroughs Medal for his 1964 book Roadless Area.