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Paul Fleisher has spent his working life as an educator and writer. His books for young people cover a variety of science, ecology and natural history subjects. He has also written several widely-used classroom activity books on thinking games, social activism and creative writing.

Paul’s most recent books are Mind Builders, The Food Webs series, Evolution, The Big Bang, and Parasites: Latching on to a Free Lunch. Paul has also written educational software and numerous essays and reviews. A complete list of publications is available at his website, www.paulfleisher.com.

Please contact Paul through his website if you are interested in arranging for workshops for students or educators, school visits or other personal appearances

Paul currently works as a full-time writer, as well as assistant to the director of the Richmond Peace Education Center. Prior to taking early retirement in 2005, he taught gifted elementary and middle school students in the Richmond, Virginia Public Schools for almost 30 years. During that time, he helped develop numerous interdisciplinary instructional units on topics including Humor, Justice, Engineering and Design and The Art and Science of Music.

Paul was in the vanguard of Richmond technology education, teaching computer programming and web design to his students. He has presented workshops at educational conferences for many years. Paul still teaches adult classes in writing at the University of Richmond, and most recently offered Teaching Elementary School Science at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Paul remains an activist for peace and social justice. He currently serves on the boards of the Virginia Forum, the Fitz Turner Commission for Human and Civil Rights, and the Virginia Chapter of the ACLU. In 1988 Paul received the Virginia Education Association Award for Peace and International Relations and in 1999 he was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Natural Science Education.

It is Paul’s great good fortune to be married to fellow educator Debra Sims Fleisher, who has taught him much of what he knows about working in a classroom, as well as how to live as a decent human being. In his spare time Paul is an avid gardener, cook, and reader. He goes fishing on the Chesapeake Bay whenever he can.

Paul Fleisher has spent his working life as an educator and writer. His books for young people cover a variety of science, ecology and natural history subjects. He has also written several widely-used classroom activity books on thinking games, social activism and creative writing.
Paul’s most recent books are Mind Builders, The Food Webs series, Evolution, The Big Bang, and Parasite... More