Paul Burston is a British journalist and author. Born in York and raised in South Wales, Burston attended Brynteg Comprehensive School and studied English, Drama and Film Studies at university. He worked for the London gay policing group GALOP and was an activist with ACT-UP before moving into journalism. He edits the gay and lesbian section of Time Out magazine.
His first novel Shameless, published in 2001, was praised by the New York Times.