Paula Gosling

About Paula Gosling

Paula Gosling is a published author of fiction known for writing crime novels. She also goes by the pen name of Ainslie Skinner. She was born on October 12, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan. She has been a resident of the United Kingdom since the 1960’s. She attended high school in Detroit and graduated in 1957 from Mackenzie High School. After that, she attended Wayne State University and got her English degree, graduating in 1962. She then began working as a copy writer. She kept working on her fiction and was able to complete her first novel. A Running Duck was published in 1974 and it won her the John Creasey Award in the category of best first novel. A Running Duck was also published under the title of Fair Game. It has been adapted into movies twice. Once was for Cobra, which starred