Paul Wilborn
About Author
Award-Winning Author and Journalist
Paul’s 2026 novel, The Everlasting Life of Charlie Wall, garnered a “starred review” from Kirkus Reviews and a “5-Star” rating from IndieReader and a Best of the Bay award. His debut novel, Florida Hustle, also received a starred review from Kirkus and was named one of the “100 Best Indie Books of 2022” by Kirkus. Paul’s 2019 short story collection, Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto, won the fiction gold medal in the Florida Book Awards.
A native of Tampa, Paul Wilborn collected multiple awards from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors during a journalism career that included stints at the Tampa Tribune, The St. Petersburg Times and the Associated Press in Los Angeles. He won the Green Eyeshade Award from the Atlanta Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, the South’s top writing prize and won the Paul Hansel Award, Florida’s top journalism prize. He was a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. His plays have been produced at Stageworks, Off-Center Theater, Radio Theater Project and University of Michigan.
A professional pianist and singer, Paul is currently executive director of the Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College. He lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, the film and television actor, Eugenie Bondurant.