Paul Mendez was born and raised in the Black Country and is a novelist, essayist and screenwriter. He now lives in London and is studying for an MA in Black British Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has been a performing member of two theatre companies and worked as a voice actor, appearing on audiobooks by Andrea Levy, Paul Theroux and Ben Okri. As a writer, he has contributed to Esquire, The Face, Vogue, Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books and Brixton Review of Books. Rainbow Milk is his debut novel.