Paul De Lancey's cookbook, "Eat Me, 169 Fun Recipes From All Over the World" and his novels "Beneficial Murders," "We're French and You're Not," and "The Fur West" have won acclaim from award-winning novelists. He is also the author of hilarious articles and somewhat drier ones in Economics.Paul, known to his friends as Paul, was the proud co-host of the online literary events "Bump Off Your Enemies" and "The Darwin Murders." He also co-collected, co-edited, and co-published the e-book anthologies resulting from these events. Perhaps Mr. De Lancey will someday become a literary giant without having to die for the title.The humorist is a direct descendant of the great French Emperor Napoleon. Actually, that explains a lot of things. Paul ran for President of the United States in 2012! Woo hoo! On the Bacon & Chocolate ticket. Estimates of Bacon & Chocolate's share of the votes range from 3 to 1.5% of the total. El Candidato also lost a contentious campaign to be El Presidente of Venezuela. In late 2013, Chef Paul was invited to participate in the International Bento Competition.Mr. De Lancey makes his home, with his wonderful family, in Poway, California. He divides his time between being awake and asleep.