Paul Wilborn

A professional musician and award-winning journalist, Paul Wilborn is currently executive director of the Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College. He lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, the film and television actor, Eugenie Bondurant. Paul Wilborn’s 2026 novel, The Everlasting Life of Charlie Wall, recently earned a 5-star review from IndieReader, which called the book “surprising and brilliant.” His debut novel, Florida Hustle, earned a starred review from Kirkus and was named one of the “Best Indie Books of 2022” by Kirkus. Paul’s 2019 short story collection, Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto, won the fiction gold medal in the Florida Book Awards.

“Paul Wilborn’s The Everlasting Life of Charlie Wall melds richly drawn characters with an engaging premise – what if infamous Tampa mobster Charlie Wall survived his 1955 hit and lived into the gritty Tampa of the 1980s? Drawing on the City’s unique underworld history and blending it with his own experiences, Paul crafts a story that is as much about relationships and the passage of time as it is about gangsters. A wonderful read.” ~ Scott M. Deitche, author Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld

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