Born in Tennessee in 1958, Paul lives with his family in Washington state. Laugh Town is his fourth book. Paul dreams of an enchanting place called Grnyt, where everybody, even the animals, is always giggling, even laughing! Wouldn't it be wonderful if the whole world was needlessly (get it? needle-less-ly) treated with an already approved best medicine---laughter? Laugh Town, Thee Welcome, is the first of several stories that playfully explores this vision.