Paul Mcdonald
Course Leader, Creative & Professional Writing
Humanities
University of Wolverhampton
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Paul McDonald is the Course Leader for Creative and Professional Writing, based at the Wolverhampton City Campus. His academic background is in English literary criticism, and his interest in creative writing began when his first novel was published in 2001. Now his teaching focuses principally on creative writing, both fiction and poetry, although he also teaches modern literature of all kinds, and runs a module on contemporary American writing. He is interested in regional writing too, specifically Black Country fiction, and in humour, particularly literary and postmodern comedy.
Research Interest
Humour, Contemporary American Literature, West Midlands writing, Creative writing
