Biography

Paul Halley is a writer, theater artist, and digital enthusiast from New York.

Paul has written and directed two original one-act plays: ANA (2008, Elmwood Playhouse) and Supergiant (2009, Suffern High School). According to the Student Report from the June 2009 Ramapo Central School District Board of Education Meeting, Supergiant holds the distinction of being Suffern High School’s first-ever student-written play. Additionally, Paul’s poems and essays have been featured in various literary magazines, including Chameleon (Suffern High School), North Country Literary Magazine, and Blueline Literary Magazine (both associated with SUNY Potsdam).

At Potsdam, Paul interned at the College Libraries & Archives and College Writing Center; participated in the college-wide poetry slam for four years; curated digital-archival content for the SUNY Potsdam Bicentennial Celebrations; presented at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Conference; and produced a full-length documentary film featuring oral history interviews with members of the campus community who helped create the P.O.W.E.R. movement, a unified student initiative to end racial injustice on campus. Paul graduated from SUNY Potsdam in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in English Writing and successful completion in the Advanced Honors Program.

Since 2020, Paul has become an experienced web content editor. Two of his proudest career accomplishments include his contributions to two major public-facing website redesign projects: New York State Department of Labor (2020-2021) and Mellon Foundation (2022-2023).

Currently, Paul is pursuing applications to various Master of Fine Arts programs in Creative Writing.