Paul Sheehan (born 1951) is an Australian columnist and former senior writer for the Sydney Morning Herald, and the Melbourne Age where he has been day editor, chief of staff and Washington correspondent.
His work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly and Foreign Policy.
The book, written by Sheehan to "lift the veil of intimidation" hanging over critical discussion of multiculturalism and immigration, spent five months on Australian best-seller lists.
Sheehan's columns in the Sydney Morning Herald were generally written from a right-wing perspective and were noted for their criticism of the "human rights industry", Muslims in Australia, large-scale immigration and the Australian Labor Party.
[6] Sheehan left the Sydney Morning Herald in April 2016 without having contributed any further articles.