Paul Luikart

Writer

Paul Luikart has worked in homeless services in Phoenix, Chicago and Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the past 15 years. He is also a writer whose fiction and essays have appeared in a variety of literary magazines. His first book, a collection of short stories called "Animal Heart," was released earlier this year. He lives with his family in Chattanooga, where he writes a regular column for nooga.com, an independent news source in Chattanooga. Follow him on Twitter: @PaulLuikart