Caroline Paul was born on July 29, 1963 in New York City. She's the identical twin sister of actress Alexandra Paul. Caroline grew up in Connecticut. Paul graduated from Stanford University and originally planned to be a documentary filmmaker. In her adult life, Caroline has been an extremely active athlete: she's not only been a white-water raft guide and a private pilot, but also has competed in the U.S. Nationals for the sport of Luge, mountain-biked in such places as China and Vietnam, flown her para-glider in Brazil, sea-kayaked in Alaska, and skied the back country of Denali and the Sierras. One of the first women to join the San Francisco Fire Department, Caroline wrote the book, "Fighting Fire", about her experiences as a firefighter; this book was published, to great acclaim, in 1998. Her first fiction novel, "East Wind, Rain", was published in 2006. Her younger brother, Jonathan Paul, is an animal rights activist and volunteer firefighter in Oregon. A member of the literary group, the Writers' Grotto, Paul lives in San Francisco, California with her two cats.
