Paul Haddad was born in Hollywood, California. After graduating from USC’s School of Cinema-TV, where he won an Emmy for his documentary thesis film, Haddad embarked on a career in television. Today, he is a television writer and the executive producer of documentaries for networks like the Discovery Channel, Nat Geo Wild, the Science Channel, and the Travel Channel.

Haddad’s first book, High Fives, Pennant Drives, and Fernandomania: A Fan's History of the Los Angeles Dodgers' Glory Years 19771981, published in 2012, provides a look back at the Dodgers’ last glory era through the radio calls of Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully. It was chosen as one of the top baseball books of 2012 by the Daily News and earned praise from the L.A. Times, Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Yahoo!, ESPN Radio, and CBS Radio. In 2013, Haddad authored his first fiction book, Skinny White Freak, which he also illustrated.