Paul McCusker was born in 1958 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Bowie, Maryland, outside of Washington D. C. He graduated college with a degree in Journalism; his first works were dramatic plays. McCusker's dramatic writing also extended to musicals. He was nominated for a Dove Award for A Time for Christmas, with music and lyrics by David Clydesdale, Steve Amerson & Lowell Alexander. His novels include The Mill House and Epiphany (nominated for a ECPA Gold Medallion Award) and You Say Tomato with best-selling British writer Adrian Plass. He has also authored The Mill House, and its sequel A Season of Shadows. His newest project is his medical thriller, TSI: The Gabon Virus, co-written with Dr. Walt Larimore.