Paul Kwinn IF

Paul Kwinn is just a guy with a guitar and a reasonably solid sense of the Silly (with occasional forays in more somber territory). He has managed, over the years, to pull his voice up to "sometimes passable". In his secret identity, he has spent 40 years as a software engineer, all of that in the videogame industry. (It's not "intrepid reporter for the Daily Planet", but it pays the bills.) He stumbled into fandom in the late 80s, and filk a couple years later. 30+ years of filk has provided him with great friends, great times, some song-writing contest prizes, and one greatly-appreciated Pegasus award. Foremost among the friends are his partners in the band Puzzlebox: Taunya Gren, Alisa Garcia, Luis Tomas Garcia, and Beckett Gladney (the last of whom doubles as his spouse, and triples as a well-known artist, creating album covers, among other works). They've had guest gigs at such luxurious events as GaFilk, FilkContinental, Consonance, and the UK filk con. The group put out their first CD, "Assembly Required"in 1999, and released the second "Tumbleweird" at OVFF in 2024 (only 25 years later). After living most of his life in California, Mr. Kwinn moved 5 years ago to Snohomish, WA, with Beckett. They are also the proud parents of 24-year-old twins Casey & Riley. Mr. Kwinn wishes to thank everyone for the Pegasus nomination, and point out that, in some cultures, vote-purchasing is perfectly respectable.