Paul Kix

Paul Kix is an American journalist, author, film producer, and entrepreneur.

He worked for two decades in magazines—ultimately as a deputy editor and writer at ESPN the Magazine, while freelancing for publications like The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Esquire—and since 2020 has focused on writing nonfiction books.

Kix's first book, The Saboteur, an Amazon No.1 best-seller, was optioned by DreamWorks to be turned into a film. His second, You Have to be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live, also a best-seller, was named to Amazon's and The New York Times' respective Best Books of the Year lists.

The 2023 film The Accidental Getaway Driver is based upon a 2017 piece Kix wrote for GQ. Kix served as an executive producer on the film, which won the Best Director Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Kix ghost-edits certain books for celebrities and C-suite executives and founders. He worked with Luke Russert on his 2023 memoir, Look for Me There, a New York Times best-seller.

Kix's course on writing, The Storytelling You, has led students to win Emmy Awards, gain National Magazine Award nominations, and ink six-figure book deals. Kix consults with a select number of founders and business executives.

He graduated from Iowa State University in 2003.