Paul Claiborne Park (born October 1, 1954, in North Adams, Massachusetts[1]) is an American science fiction author and fantasy author.
He taught literature and writing in the Williams College English Department and the Graduate Program in Art History, retiring as a senior lecturer in 2022.
[3] Park appeared on the American science fiction scene in 1987 and quickly established himself as a writer of polished, if often grim, literary science fiction.
His critically acclaimed novels have since dealt with colonialism on alien worlds (Coelestis), Biblical (Three Marys) and Theosophical (The Gospel of Corax) legends, a parallel world where magic works (A Princess of Roumania and its sequels, The Tourmaline, The White Tyger and The Hidden World), and other topics.
In 2010 his short story "The Persistence of Memory, or This Space for Sale" was nominated for a World Fantasy Award;[4] and his novella "Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance" was nominated for a 2010 Nebula Award.