Paige Wiser biography

Paige Wiser has worked at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1994, in a variety of capacities. Over the years, she has written columns devoted to late-night cable movies ("Camera Obscura"), celebrity biographies ("BioFeedback"), and fringe entertainment ("Contrary to Popular Opinion"). Her current Sunday column, Planet Paige, looks at the quirkier side of the news.

She is exactly one-fourth of the staff that publishes Fluff, the section that perpetuates lightly substantiated celebrity gossip. In addition, she covers everything from puppy couture to dental spas for the Lifestyles section.

Paige earned her bachelor's degree in English from the University of Notre Dame, and her master's in journalism from Northwestern University. She grew up in the northwest suburbs, dabbled in an urban lifestyle for a few storied years, and then packed up her all-black wardrobe for the inevitable move back to the suburbs. <

Her husband, Jim Wiser, is the producer of "The Spike O'Dell Show" on WGN-AM radio. With two charming toddlers (aged 2 and 1) keeping Paige busy, she does most of her writing at 4 a.m. This should account for any awkward verb tenses you may have noticed.