F. Paul Wilson

Francis Paul Wilson created and wrote FTL Newsfeed along with Matthew Costello. He also portrayed the character of Dr. F. Paulson.

Career
Born in 1946 in New Jersey, Wilson began his career as a part-time family doctor. He sold his first short story to Analog magazine in 1970 and published his debut novel, Healer, in 1976. His international bestseller horror novel, The Keep, was published in 1981 and his arguably best-known character, the urban mercenary anti-hero Repairman Jack, was first introduced in the 1984 New York Times bestseller, The Tomb.

In the 1990s, Wilson wrote in a wide range of genres, including science fiction, medical thrillers and horror. He also scripted interactive stories for Disney Interactive and other multimedia companies. Along with Matthew Costello, Wilson created and scripted FTL Newsfeed, which ran daily on the Sci-Fi Channel from 1992–96. Wilson has since described working on the series fondly : ...without a doubt my best TV gig was FTL Newsfeed for the Sci-Fi Channel... [Matt Costello and I would] sit in one or the other’s kitchen and toss quips back and forth, each taking the topic in question to the next level, until we started laughing. That was when we knew we’d gone too far, and we’d back up a step. Matt and I were very well paid for having a lot of fun – hell, we would have done it for free. Plus, we were given carte blanche. The folks running the channel weren’t SF oriented – surprise! It was all a kind a mystery to them, so they let us do what we wanted. The show was surreal in a way: serious, sinister storylines peopled with goofy characters.

To date Wilson has written 34 novels, novellas and short stories in the Repairman Jack cycle. He has also published nearly 40 other novels and stories, both standalone and as part of series. He has won two Prometheus Awards, in 1976 and 2004, and in 2015 was the third recipient of the Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Wilson's filmography includes:
 * Lipidleggin' (short) (2013)
 * Masters of Horror (TV series) (2006)
 * Midnight Mass (2003)
 * The Keep (1983)