Paul Ferguson was born in England, spent his childhood in Ottawa Canada and obtained a BA degree in History from The State University of New York in Oswego.
His writing career began in the 70s when he wrote lyrics for pop songs, radio commercials and the film score for the movie Assassin. Paul also wrote lyrics for winning entries at the Japanese, Spanish and Irish song festivals.
After playing professional ice hockey in Europe, Paul spent over twenty years as an ice hockey commentator working with the BBC, ITV, Sky and Eurosport. In the mid eighties he wrote a book on how to play ice hockey (published by David and Charles).
Short film script writing earned Paul a BAFTA nomination for My Darling Wife in 2008 and since then several of his scripts have been made into short films.
In 1985, Paul co-founded Ferguson Snell and Associates Ltd, a firm advising on UK immigration matters for corporate clients. Paul and his business partner sold the company in 2006.

His debut novel, Killing the Dead, is story of a writer hoping to make it in Hollywood but rejection and ridicule from the industry he loves forces him down a road he never intended to go. Alone and desperate for recognition, he decides to bring his script to life and take it to the streets of LA. Within days, his chilling deeds spread fear and panic in the city. California was no stranger to serial killers, but this one was different.