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<p>PB1: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Paul Burston''' is a gay author and has edited ''TimeOut'' magazine's lesbian and gay - now LGBT - pages for many years. <br /> <br /> He was born in York, raised in South Wales and now lives in London. His books include the critically-acclaimed novels ''Shameless'' (shortlisted for the State of Britain Award 2001, reprinted 2009), ''Star People'' (2006, reprinted 2009, 2010), ''Lovers and Losers'' (shortlisted for the [[Stonewall Award]] 2007, reprinted twice in 2009) and ''The Gay Divorcee'' (2009, reprinted 2009 and 2010). He also edited the two short story collections, 'Boys and Girls' (2010) and 'Men and Women' (2011)<br /> <br /> Paul Burston is also a curator at the London Literature Festival and host of the [[Polari literary salon]], both at the Southbank Centre.<br /> <br /> In 2011, he founded The Polari First Book Prize to encourage and celebrate new writing by LGBT authors.<br /> <br /> In 2012, he was shortlisted as Journalist of the Year at the Stonewall Awards.<br /> <br /> His hobbies include diving and DJing.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Bibliography==<br /> ''The Gay Divorcee'', Sphere (4 Mar 2010) ISBN 978-0751542363<br /> <br /> ''Lovers and Losers'', Sphere (5 April 2007) ISBN 978-0751538649<br /> <br /> ''Boys and Girls'', Glasshouse Books (15 July 2010) ISBN 978-1907536090<br /> <br /> ''A Queer Romance: Lesbians, Gay Men and Popular Culture'', Routledge (19 Jan 1995) ISBN 978-0415096188<br /> <br /> ''Shameless'', Abacus, (2 May 2002) ISBN 978-0349114798<br /> <br /> ''What Are You Looking At?: Queer Sex, Style and Cinema'' (Lesbian and Gay Studies), Continuum International Publishing (12 Oct 1995) ISBN 978-0304343003<br /> <br /> ''Star People'', Sphere (6 Sep 2007) ISBN 978-0751538496<br /> <br /> ''Queen's Country'', Little, Brown &amp; Company (18 Jun 1998) ISBN 978-0316881746<br /> <br /> ==Awards and recognition==<br /> <br /> Paul Burston was ranked 89 on the ''Independent on Sunday''’s [[Pink List 2011]], 24 on the [[Pride Power List 2011]] and 79 on the [[World Pride Power List 2012]].<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> <br /> http://www.paulburston<br /> <br /> http://www.facebook.com/paulburston<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Journalists]]<br /> [[Category:Novelists]]<br /> [[Category:Pink List 2011|89]]<br /> [[Category:Pride Power List 2011|24]]<br /> [[Category:World Pride Power List 2012|79]]</div>

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