Paul Fischer

Paul Fischer is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. His first non-fiction book, A Kim Jong-Il Production, was published by Penguin in the UK and Flatiron Books in North America in 2015. He has written articles and opinion pieces for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the UK’s Independent among others. Raised in France, educated in the U.S., and temporarily adopted by the United Kingdom, Paul is a recent transplant to Canada, where he lives on a horse ranch with his wife and daughter.

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