Paul Howard is a multi-award-winning journalist, author and screenwriter. He is best known as the creator of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, the fictional rugby jock whose exploits have been the subject of 23 novels, including the latest, Once Upon a Time in Donnybrook. He is the creator of the Aldrin Adams and the Cheese Nightmares book series for children and the co-author, along with former Ireland rugby international Gordon D'Arcy, of the Gordon's Game series. Most recently, he was part of the writing team on the critically acclaimed Apple+ TV series, Bad Sisters.