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Paul Volponi

Biography

Paul Volponi


Paul Volponi is a writer, teacher and journalist living in New York City. From 1992-1998, he taught incarcerated teens on Rikers Island to read and write. That experience formed the basis of his ALA Award-winning novels RIKERS HIGH and BLACK AND WHITE. From 1999-2005, Paul taught teens in drug treatment programs, inspiring his ALA Award-winning novel ROOFTOP. As a journalist, Paul covers the sport of Thoroughbred racing for the national publication The Blood-Horse.

Paul Volponi