Caroline Paul

Caroline Paul (born July 29, 1963, in New York City) is an American writer of fiction and non-fiction.

Early years and education

Caroline Paul was raised in New York City; Paris, France; and Cornwall, Connecticut. Her American father was an investment banker, and her mother was a social worker from the United Kingdom. She was educated in journalism and documentary film at Stanford University.

Career

Paul volunteered as a journalist at Berkeley public radio station KPFA, then in 1988, joined the San Francisco Fire Department, as one of the first women hired by the department. She worked most of her career on the search and rescue team.

Her first book was the nonfiction memoir ''Fighting Fire'', published in 1998. It was a finalist at the Northern California Book Awards and an alternate selection for the Book of the Month Club. Her second, the 2006 historical novel ''East Wind, Rain'' is based on the Niihau incident, a historical event in which a Japanese pilot crash-landed on the private Hawaiian island of Niihau, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. "When it's over, we don't want to leave," said the New York Times review of the book."East Wind Rain Review"
New York Times ''Lost Cat, A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology'' was published in 2013 and illustrated by her partner, artist Wendy MacNaughton. It details Paul and MacNaughton's high-tech search for their cat. The PBS Newshour described the book as "A thoughtful, kind and funny story about the love people can have for their pets and the weird places that this love and accompanying devotion can take them. But it also travels beyond the realm of human-pet relationships, offering commentary on all relationships and the roles of those we love, and sometimes don't love, in our lives.""A Purrfect Tale of Love, Cats and Technology"
The PBS Newshour

In 2016, Paul published the New York Times bestseller ''The Gutsy Girl, Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure''."New York Times Best Sellers List"
New York Times The book is described as “Lean in for middle grade girls, set not in the workplace but on bicycles, tree branches, sea kayaks, and cliff edges. … Part memoir, part how-to-outdoors guide, (it) offers life lessons throug
adventure stories.
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She published a New York Times oped that spoke to parents about the themes raised in The Gutsy Girl called

that quickly became viral.

Paul did a TED talk on the subject of raising healthy, confident girls by encouraging bravery, which has over 2 million views.

In 2018 Paul collaborated with tea expert Sebastian Beckwith, and published ''A Little Tea Book''.

During the pandemic, Paul collaborated with MacNaughton o
DrawTogether
a half hour Instagram Live art class conceived and hosted by MacNaughton, with the goal of helping kids and parents through the school closure

. Paul filmed the show with a camera phone, and also edited filmed interviews an
other content
Draw Togethe

around the world and ran for over a year, with 70 half hour shows in all.

During that time Paul also wrote her latest book, Tough Broad: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking, How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age. Paul looks at the latest research and social science on aging, and embarks on adventures that range from scuba diving with an octagenarean, to hiking with a 93-year-old, to birdwatching. The book argues that a relationship with the outdoors profoundly changes bodies and minds, especially those of women in later years. Swimmer Diana Nyad Diana Nyad says of the Tough Broad, “this arc of a critical life blueprint comes from the toughest broad I know, Caroline Paul …Caroline leads those of us of mature and wise ages to the very real hope we have much more to explore.”

Paul is a longtime member of The Writers Grotto, whose notable members include Noah Hawley Noah Hawley(TV series Fargo; TV series Legion), Bonnie Tsui Bonnie Tsui(Why We Swim), Mary Roach ( New York Times bestsellers Stiff, the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; Packing for Mars, the Curious Science of Life in the Void) and Kathryn Ma (The Chinese Groove).

Personal life

In 2018, Paul and MacNaughton were married. Paul and MacNaughton separated in 2023 after 15 years together.

Caroline Paul's identical twin is ''Baywatch'' actress Alexandra Paul."Alexandra Paul: biography"
, Alexandra Paul's website Due to Alexandra's fame on ''Baywatch'', Caroline Paul was often mistaken for her twin sister even when in full firefighter gear. This prompted her to write the short book ''Almost Her'', which examines the peculiarities of fame and the science of twins. The two sisters were featured in a People magazine feature on twins, "Seeing Double," in 1998.

Her brothe
Jonathan Paul
was a leader in the underground animal rights group Animal Liberation Front, which freed beagles from medical labs, minks from fur farms, and burned down a horse slaughterhouse. For his actions, h

for four years.

Paul is a pilot who flies gyrocopters in her spare time.

Her cousin Jean Paul (cricketer)

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