Paul Meloche is a professional accountant with a keen curiosity across a breadth of subjects and an avid enthusiasm for the outdoors. Passionate about exploring the rugged Ontario wilderness, he has embarked on many backcountry canoe trips with his son and enjoys camping and kayaking with his wife and daughter. He has also travelled outside Canada to other exotic, beautiful places. A few years ago, he hiked the rugged trails of Lofoten, Norway, with a friend and in that beautiful and isolated land he wondered: What if someone was trapped here, all alone?
More recently, and prompted by another friend's challenge, he discovered his passion for writing after completing a poem about beauty and a pair of short stories. He continued to create many poems, delving into themes of love, loss, rebirth, and death. Although he originally conceived of After: A Cautionary Tale as a short story, as he wrote, the story took on a life of its own and became the novel it is now.
Paul lives in Ottawa with his wife, their teenage daughter, and their goofy Goldendoodle Penny.
