Paul Genesse


Paul Genesse is a writer of young adult fantasy novels and a cardiac unit nurse at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. His first book, The Golden Cord, was a best seller for Five Star Publishing.

Biography

Genesse graduated from Beatty High School in 1992 in Beatty, Nevada. While attending high school, Genesse decided he wanted to become a nurse. He graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor's degree in nursing from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he also took multiple writing classes.
His writing has been influenced by television series such as M*A*S*H and China Beach, as well as The Lord of the Rings series by J. R. R. Tolkien.
He currently lives in South Jordan, Utah.

Works

''Iron Dragon'' series

Genesse has published two volumes of his Iron Dragon series through Five Star Publishing, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of the publishing house Gale. The third book in the series was published through Iron Dragon Books. The first volume was a best seller for the publisher, and was reprinted multiple times. There are five books in the series.
  1. The Golden Cord
  2. The Dragon Hunters
  3. The Secret Empire
  4. The Crystal Eye
  5. ''The Iron Brotherhood''

Short works

He has also published a number of short stories in various anthologies and magazines.
  • "The Mob", published in Furry Fantastic
  • "The Pirate Witch" in Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms
  • "Almost Brothers" in Fellowship Fantastic
  • "God Pays" in The Dimension Next Door
  • "Greg and Eli" in Imaginary Friends
  • "The Queen's Ransom" in Blue Kingdoms: Shades and Specters
  • "Captain Maeve" in Blue Kingdoms: Buxom Buccaneers
  • "Kitty and the City" in Catopolis
  • "Revenge of the Little Match Girl" in Terribly Twisted Tales
  • "The Nubian Queen" in Steampunk'd
  • "The Cost of a Tasmanian Tiger" in The Chain Story created by Mike Stackpole

As editor

The Crimson Pact, Volume 1 The Crimson Pact, Volume 2 The Crimson Pact, Volume 3
  • ''The Crimson Pact, Volume 4''