Paul Christman

Paul (aka P. J.) Christman is the author of: The Purple Runner (see both Paul Christman and P. J. Christman); The Madwoman of El Malpais; Skins of Lightning; Nothing More, Nothing Less; Santa Monica Dead Palms; and Running After 50.

He was born in Columbia, Missouri, where his father was an All-American football player at the University of Missouri, and mother attended Christian College. Paul has lived in Park Ridge, (IL), Lake Forest (IL), Champaign ( U of Illinois), Madison (U of Wisconsin), San Francisco (CA), Westwood (CA), London (ENG), Auckland (NZL), Boulder (CO), and Tesuque (NM). He now resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

For 23 years in Boulder, Colorado, he published and edited Running Stats, a 42-times-per-year newsletter of long-distance racing results and information. His articles have been published in Running Stats, Athletics Weekly (ENG), Athletics Today (ENG), Athletics (CAN), Marathon & Beyond, Running Times, Colorado Runner, Santa Fe Reporter and others.

Earlier in life Christman was an international banker in Bank of America, San Francisco's Asia Division, and over an 11-year career at NBC Burbank held jobs ranging from mailman to film exchange clerk to projectionist to film and video tape editor for KNBC and NBC News.

Christman has always been active, completing 15 marathons including NYCM (4 times), Boston, and London, as well as the Western States 100 Mile from Squaw Valley to Auburn, California. Currently he walks, swims and bikes.

After 13 years of working in the Santa Fe Public Schools district, in May of 2021 he retired as the librarian of Sweeney Elementary School. He has written ten novels, and has recently posted several as ebooks.