Philip Kevin Paul is a member of the WSÁ,NEC Nation from the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island. His work has been published in BC Studies, Literary Review of Canada, Breathing Fire: Canada's New Poets and An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English. Paul has worked with the University of Victoria's linguistics department to ensure the preservation of the SENCOTEN language.

Philip Kevin Paul's second book of poetry, Little Hunger, was shortlisted for a 2009 Governor General's Literary Award. His first book of poetry, Taking the Names Down From the Hill, won the 2004 Dorothy Livesay Award for Poetry.