Paul Kix is an American journalist, author, film producer, and entrepreneur.
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He worked for two decades in magazines—ultimately as a deputy editor and writer at ESPN the Magazine [1] , while freelancing for publications like The New Yorker, [2] The Atlantic [3] , and Esquire [4] —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 [5] . 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 [6] [7] .
The 2023 film The Accidental Getaway Driver is based upon a 2017 piece Kix wrote for GQ [8] . [9] Kix served as an executive producer on the film [10] , which won the Best Director Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. [11]
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 [12] , a New York Times best-seller.
Kix's course on writing, The Storytelling You [13] , has led students to win Emmy Awards, gain National Magazine Award nominations [14] , and ink six-figure book deals [15] . Kix consults with a select number of founders and business executives [16] .
He graduated from Iowa State University in 2003. [17]
