Join us in our loft as award-winning author Paul Wilborn takes us on a ride from a Palm Beach mansion to a horror-movie set in the Everglades with his latest novel, Florida Hustle. Purchase a copy of Florida Hustle here
In 1980s Florida, an aspiring filmmaker, obsessed with a B-movie scream queen, flees his family's Palm Beach mansion, teams up with an aging con man and his ambitious girlfriend and heads to a film set in the Everglades, only to find himself mired in a swamp of competing cons and hustles. Author Paul Wilborn is happy to answer your questions, sign your books, and chat with the audience about all-things Florida.
A native of Tampa, Paul Wilborn collected multiple awards from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors during a journalism career that included stints at the Tampa Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times and the Associated Press in Los Angeles. He won the Green Eyeshade Award from the Atlanta Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, the South's top writing prize. Based on a selection of his writing, Wilborn was chosen for the Paul Hansel Award, Florida's top journalism prize. He was a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. His plays have been produced at Stageworks, Off-Center Theater, Radio Theater Project and the University of Michigan. A pianist and singer, he has led several bands including Paul Wilborn and the Pop Tarts and Blue Roses. He produced the long-running American Songbook Series at American Stage. In the 1980s, Wilborn was a founding member of Ybor City's Artists and Writers Group, which created multiple themed art and music events in Tampa's historic district. Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto was Wilborn's debut short story collection. The book won the Gold Medal for Fiction in the 2019 Florida Book Awards. He recently completed Florida Hustle, a novel set in South Florida. Wilborn is executive director of the Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College and lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, the film actor Eugenie Bondurant. For more information on Paul Wilborn, contact wilbornwrites@gmail.com. Read about him in the Tampa Bay Times here.
In 1980s Florida, an aspiring filmmaker, obsessed with a B-movie scream queen, flees his family's Palm Beach mansion, teams up with an aging con man and his ambitious girlfriend and heads to a film set in the Everglades, only to find himself mired in a swamp of competing cons and hustles.
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