Paul Frederick Kluge (born 1942 in New Jersey) is an American novelist living in Gambier, Ohio. Kluge was raised in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. He graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier in 1964 and teaches creative writing there now. He served in the Peace Corps from 1967 to 1969 in Micronesia. He is the author of several novels, including Eddie and the Cruisers, Biggest Elvis (1997), A Season for War, MacArthur's Ghost, The Day I Die: A Novel of Suspense, Gone Tomorrow (2008), A Call from Jersey (2010), and The Master Blaster (2012). Kluge's non-fiction work Alma Mater: A College Homecoming chronicles Kluge's time as a student and teacher at Kenyon College. The Edge of Paradise: America in Micronesia describes Kluge's return to Micronesia and his observations on how the American presence has affected the islands. Two of Kluge's works have been made into films: Eddie and the Cruisers, based on his novel of the same name, and Dog Day Afternoon, written with Thomas Moore as a LIFE magazine article titled References External links P. F. Kluge website 1942 births Living people Kenyon College alumni Kenyon College faculty Peace Corps volunteers People from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey American male novelists Novelists from New Jersey 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Ohio People from Gambier, Ohio