Paul Steven Gifford was born on April 28th, 1965 in Birmingham, England. Paul, from a remarkably early age, discovered he was completely fascinated with the written word. By the age of nine he was devouring several books a week and had begun to write. In the early 1980's, he and his father relocated to the Californian coast, which he has cheerfully called home ever since. Whilst in college Paul wrote a few stories, but as he got older alas writing was relegated onto his hectic life's "back burner" and he barely wrote a word of fiction for over fifteen years. However in 2004 all this was about to abruptly and delightfully change, as that was the year when he realized that despite a serenely contented existence an important aspect in his life was missing, the written word. So, once more he began churning out in abundance short stories, and his first book "The Curious Accounts of the Imaginary Friend," was released in 2007. And the rest, as they say, is history. He has four books published thus far. The first "The Curious Accounts of the Imaginary Friend," is a collection of short horror stories all demonstrating his unique writing style and ability to engage the reader from the very first word.Gifford's second, book, "Dr. Offig's Lessons from the Dark Side, Vol. 1," is a similar collection, however, it is primarily aimed at the young adult crowd. But adults seem to be enjoying it as much as the teenagers judging from the raving reviews.His third book is entitled: "The Further Accounts of the Imaginary Friend."A fourth title, a best of with two previously unpublished tales "Curiously Twisted Tales," is also available here on Amazon and from the publisher www.barkingrain.comHe is a regular on the convention and book signing circuit- check out his website www.psgifford.co.uk for details.P.S. Gifford is a member of the Horror Writer's Association, lives in California, has one dog, Sir Winston, and an endless dream.