Christina Paul - Bio

Hi! Christina Paul is my pen name. My real name is Christine, and my husband’s first name is Paul. I chose my pen name as a way to appease my hubby a little because my writing takes a lot of time away from him, and I wanted him to know I hadn’t forgotten about him. Plus, when I began writing, my children were much younger, and I didn’t necessarily want my children’s’ friends to know their mommy wrote romance novels, thus my need to come up with a pen name. 

My husband and I met when we were twelve and fourteen years old, in middle school, and we still live in the same Central New Jersey town we grew up in. We have been married for almost twenty five years now, and we have three amazing children; PJ (Paul the 4^th) is twenty-three, Lys is nineteen, and Dani Rose is fifteen. PJ is off on his own now, and Lys is away at college most of the year, so it’s just Dani, Paul, me, our nutty dog Colby, and our three equally nutty cats Sunny, Mikey & Sebastian, at home.

I have been writing for as long as I can remember, but it wasn’t until one incredible college professor, that I had enough courage to share my writing. Well, if I’m honest, the college professor inspired me to keep writing, but the courage to share didn’t happen until I was almost forty. Now, even though I still get heart palpitations every time I have to submit a new novel for review, I find the courage to hit that dreaded “send” button.

I am a romance writer, both historical and contemporary. My historical romance novels are a series, and are not your typical romance novels. The main characters are part of a covert British service group, so the books contain a lot of mystery, suspense, and action, as well as romance. They also lean slightly toward the “steamy” side. 

On the other hand, I dub my contemporary romance novels as “sex lite”. It’s hard to say which type of novels I enjoy writing more. I love learning all they history behind my historical novels, but honestly, I find writing the sex scenes quite painful because I am a “visual writer”, which means I actually see the scenes play out before my eyes and I write about them. Needless to say, the intimate scenes are a bit embarrassing for me to watch. In my contemporary novels, the sex is implied, so that is infinitely easier on my sensibilities, however, I only have to do a minimal amount of research. (In the modern day, I know what food we eat, what furniture we have, what modes of transportation we use, what phrasing we use when we speak, and what events are happening at the time.)

I can be found on several social media locations, and I would love for you to visit me on any of them. My Facebook Page is www.facebook.com/Christina.Paul.Author, my Blog is www.christinapaulbooks.blogspot.com. I’m also on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/ChristinaPaul , and Twitter - @ChristinaPBooks