PAUL FLOREZ is a writer and Head Auctioneer at HUNT Auctioneers. He has held positions at Marvel Comics, Alyson Books, Hachette Book Group and HarperCollins. His work has appeared in the Huffington Post, The Advocate, Slice Magazine, HelloGiggles, Queerty, Gay.com, Marvel Pulse Newsletter, Burrow Press, The Liar’s League, Dead Rabbits, and Wizard Magazine. Paul received his MFA in fiction from The New School, BA in English Writing from Florida State University, and is a graduate of World Wide College of Auctioneering. In 2020, he will be a writer in residence at The Rockvale Writer’s Colony in Tennessee as well as The Betsy Hotel in Miami. He lives in the New York City area with his husband and two Pomeranians. In his spare time he enjoys fencing and yoga.