Paul Majkut, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, now lives in San Diego, California. He has also lived for long periods in Canada, Mexico, the People's Republic of China, and the Middle East. While on National Endowment for the Humanities grants, Majkut researched medieval attitudes on sin and anti-Semitism at Cambridge and Oxford. As a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Argentina, Finland, and Germany, Majkut taught American literature and culture. As a journalist, Majkut won numerous awards for his writing from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Los Angeles, the Southern California, and San Diego Press Clubs, and the Society for Professional Journalism.