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Paul McDonald (born 1961 in Walsall) is a British academic, comic novelist, and poet.〔''Literary Heritage West Midlands'' Author Unnamed, page entry 2002. http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/tindal.htm〕 He teaches English and American Literature at the University of Wolverhampton, where he also runs the Creative and Professional Writing Programme. He left school at 16 and began work as a saddlemaker, an occupation that provides the backdrop for his first novel, ''Surviving Sting'' (2001).〔'Review of Surviving Sting' by Rachel Taylor, ''FictionNet,'' 2001. http://www.fiction-net.com/authors/paul-mcdonald.htm〕 After a period studying with the Open University, McDonald entered full-time education at Birmingham Polytechnic where he began writing fiction, initially producing stories for the women's romance market under a female pseudonym.〔'The Perils of Love in the Raunchy, Rude, Violent, Badlands of Walsall.' by Richard Williamson. ''The Sunday Mercury'' October, 7th, 2001.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/STREETHEARTS%3B+The+perils+of+love+in+the+raunchy,+rude,+violent,...-a078970400〕 He later won a scholarship to research a PhD, and in 1994 took an academic post teaching American literature at the University of Wolverhampton.〔‘In Conversation with Author and Lecturer Paul McDonald’ ''Transition/Tradition'', 7 December 2008 http://www.transitiontradition.com/node/194〕 His second novel, ''Kiss Me Softly, Amy Turtle'' (2004) is a comic mystery satirising the Midlands town of Walsall,〔'Escape from Walsall.' Anita Sethi. ''Times Literary Supplement'', 21 May 2004 (19–20).〕〔'Melvyn Bragg's Travels in Written Britain: The Midlands’ Author Unnamed, ''The Telegraph'', 12 July 2007. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3674756/Melvyn-Braggs-Travels-in-Written-Britain-The-Midlands.html〕〔'Review of Kiss Me Softly Amy Turtle' by Jodie Hamilton, ''Ready Steady Book'', 12 April 2005 http://www.readysteadybook.com/BookReview.aspx?isbn=0954130375〕 while his third, ''Do I Love You?'' (2008), takes Northern Soul as its theme.〔'Saving the Hapless Male' by Toby Clements ''The Telegraph'', 20 September 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/3560966/Saving-the-hapless-male.html〕〔(‘Do I Love You: Paul McDonald’ By Cahir O'Doherty. ''Irish Central'', March 7th, 2010 )〕 His poetry began appearing in the early 1990s and embraces a range of themes and styles. Again humour is a feature, as is surrealism, but he also writes serious love poetry, and verse about art and travel. His most recent collections are ''Catch a Falling Tortoise'' (2007) and ''An Artist Goes Bananas'' (2012).〔'Catch a Falling Tortoise.' Caroline Clark, ''gwales.com'' 7 September 2007. http://www.gwales.com/bibliographic/?isbn=9781905614226〕 McDonald's poetry has won several prizes, including the 2012 John Clare Prize.〔'Appointments' Unnamed Author, ''Times Higher Educational Supplement'', 4 October 2012 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/421364.article〕 His academic writing includes books on Philip Roth, Joseph Heller, the fiction of The Black Country, and humour.〔'From Saddles to Chuckles' By Chris Osborne. ''BBC Black Country Webstite'', January 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2007/01/15/paul_mcdonald_feature.shtml〕〔‘Of Roth and Walsall’ By Jonathan Williams, ''The Student Times'', 3 Nov, 08 ()〕 As a humour specialist he has made several TV appearances, including BBC Breakfast and The One Show, and he is credited with identifying the oldest joke in the world.〔'The World's Oldest Joke Revealed by University Research.'Stephen Adams, ''The Telegraph.'' 31 July 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2479730/The-worlds-oldest-jokes-revealed-by-university-research.html〕〔‘World’s Oldest Joke Traced Back to 1900 BC’ John Joseph, ''Reuters Website'' 31 July 2008. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL044518220080730〕〔‘Flatulence joke is world's oldest’ Unnamed Author. ''BBC News Website'' Friday, 1 August 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7536918.stm〕 He discusses the latter, and some of the ideas contained in his book ''The Philosophy of Humour'' with Michael Grade in the BBC documentary, ''Michael Grade & The World's Oldest Joke''.〔''Michael Grade & The World's Oldest Joke'' Broadcast: 6 March 201(BBC Four). See: http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/michael_grade_oldest_joke/ 〕 ==Bibliography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul McDonald (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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