Paul Bishop

Novelist, screenwriter, and television personality, Paul Bishop is a nationally recognized interrogator and behaviorist. During his 35 year career with the Los Angeles Police Department his high profile Special Assault Units regularly produced the highest number of detective initiated arrests and highest crime clearance rates in the city. Twice selected as LAPD’s Detective of the Year, he also starred as the lead interrogator and driving force behind the ABC TV reality show Take the Money and Run from producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

He has written numerous scripts for episodic television and is the author of fifteen novels, including the award-winning Lie Catchers and five books in his LAPD Homicide Detective Fey Croaker series. He has also written three non-fiction Western reference works—52 Weeks—52 Western Novels, 52 Weeks—52 Western Movies, and 52 Weeks—52 Western TV Shows. He is an avid Sherlockian with an extensive collection of Holmesian literature and ephemera.