Paul Shipton
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ŲЂPaul Shipton (1963 - ) is an award-winning children's author.
He was born in Manchester and attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Manchester University. After completing two Masters' degrees, he taught English in Istanbul for a year. After returning to the UK, he taught English as a foreign language for several years, and it was around this time that he published his first book, Zargon Zoo (1991). Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States where he works as a freelance editor and writer. He and his family now divide their time between Cambridge, England and Madison, Wisconsin.[1]
He says his favourite fictional character is Huck Finn, his favourite TV show is Star Trek, his favourite snack is cheese and onion crisps [2], and author is John Irving.[3]his favourite
==Partial Bibliography==*[[Bug Muldoon and the
- Zargon Zoo (1991)
Garden of Fear]] (Killer in the Rain (1995)
- The Mighty Skink (1995)
- Bug Muldoon and the 1996)
- The Pig Scrolls (2004)
- The Pig Who Saved the World (2006) (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award in 2006)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.candlewick.com/cat.asp?mode=book&isbn=076362702x&browse=Illustrator Candlewick Press (retrieved 2007-07-09)
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/kids/authors/shipton/ BBC Kids Author profile (retrieved 2007-07-09)
- ^ http://www.achuka.co.uk/archive/interviews/pshfile.php Achuka authorfile (retrieved 2007-07-09)
