Paul West was born and raised in New York City; he currently resides in Harlem, where he has lived for much of his life. After graduating from NYU with a B.A. in History, he worked in the education and nonprofit world for many years before switching lanes and working in advertising and then fashion. First Cause was conceived as a screenplay idea in the early 1990s, when West was still an undergraduate; he shelved the project for nearly a decade, and began work again in 1999. Paul West is a sports enthusiast, a student of people, a lover of music, a voracious reader and a fervent believer in human possibility. Paul is also a writer for Through The Fence Baseball, primarily covering the NL East and New York Mets, and a recurring guest on Fox Sports Radio. To follow Paul’s Through The Fence articles, go to http://throughthefencebaseball.com/author/paul-west/ and for Paul’s other sports writing, visit PDub’s Sports Hub at http://pdubssportshub.wordpress.com/ To follow Paul on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/firstcausenyc To view Paul’s online writing portfolio, go to http://paulwestwrites.wordpress.com/portfolio/