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Paul Burston

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Paul Burston’s books include the critically-acclaimed novels ‘Shameless’, ‘Star People’, ‘Lovers & Losers’ and ‘The Gay Divorcee’. He also edited the short story collections ‘Boys and Girls’ and ‘Men and Women’ .

He is the host of multi award-winning LGBT literary salon Polari at the Southbank Centre, and founder of The Polari First Book Prize.

He also reviews books for The Independent on Sunday and is a frequent contributor to TV and radio.

A proud Londoner for 30 years, he now divides his time between London and Hastings.

Twitter – @PaulBurston
Web – paulburston.com
Photo credit Krystyna FitzGerald-Morris

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