In addition to being a writer, Paul Austin enjoys a long career in the theatre, TV and film. He has acted and directed On and Off Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, summer stock, and regional theatres, as well as acting for television and film. He has written for and about the theatre in essays, poetry and plays. Late Night Conspiracies, a collection of his prose and poetry was performed with jazz ensemble at New York's Ensemble Studio Theatre. His work has appeared in such publications as This Land, Sugar Mule, Newport Review and Oklahoma Review and Heinemann Press. He recently completed a collection of poems titled Mother and Son. Two other collections, In Praise of Actors and Persons of Influence, are currently in the works.