Paul Kijinski

Paul Kijinski is the author of CAMP LIMESTONE, winner of a Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers, as well as contemporary fiction for adult readers.

Kijinski was born in Garfield Heights, Ohio, and earned degrees from Oberlin College, The Ohio State University, and John Carroll University. He began writing seriously while serving as a missile officer in the U.S. Air Force. The solitude of underground launch control centers provided a uniquely rich environment for putting pen to paper. His final assignment in the military was teaching English at the Air Force Academy.

Kijinski has decades of experience as a public school teacher in Northeast Ohio. He and his wife, Eileen, have two adult sons and four grandchildren.