PAUL McCUSKER has been writing fiction, non-fiction and drama since 1979. His work includes over 40 published novels, full-length plays, dramatic sketch collections, screenplays and lyrics.

As a producer, writer and director for Focus On The Family's Adventures In Odyssey radio series, he has written over 200 half-hour episodes. His work for Odyssey includes eighteen novels, including the Passages series, and two screenplays for the best-selling animated videos. Additionally, for Focus On The Family Radio Theatre, he adapted and directed a radio dramatization of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. He also wrote and directed the Peabody Award-winning Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom.

He is the author of the Gold Medallion-nominated Epiphany and The Faded Flower for Zondervan Publishing and You Say Tomato (co-authored with the best-selling British writer Adrian Plass).

He has written a variety of popular plays including Pap's Place, The First Church Of Pete's Garage, The Case Of The Frozen Saints, Snapshots & Portraits, A Time For Christmas with renowned composer/ arranger David T. Clydesdale, and is co-author of several sketch collections for youth ministry with Chuck Bolte. Mr. McCusker's works are published with such reputable companies as Tyndale, Word, Chariot/ Lion, HarperCollins (U.K.), Baker's Plays (Samuel French, Inc.), Group Publishing, Lillenas (Nazarene Publishing House), Monarch Books (U.K.), and Contemporary Drama Services. Cumulative sales on his books have reached over 600,000 copies.

A lyricist as well, Mr. McCusker collaborated with Michael W. Smith for "Without You" and David Maddux for "Billy On The Boulevard" (both recorded by First Call on Word Records). Mr. McCusker also worked with David Maddux on the acclaimed "Hymns" and "Carols", recorded by Cynthia Clawson on Dayspring Records.

Mr. McCusker has written stage presentations for the nationally recognized drama troups Jeremiah People and Custer & Hoose. Six of his productions have been released on video.

Mr. McCusker lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Elizabeth, and their two children. He is a member of ASCAP.