Paul Shipton

Paul Shipton (born June 15, 1963 in Manchester ) is a British-American writer.

Life

Paul Shipton attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge and studied at Manchester University. He then taught English as a Foreign Language in Istanbul and the UK. During this time he published his first book Zargon Zoo . Paul Shipton lives in the USA with his wife and two daughters. One of his most famous works is Die Bug .

Prices

• 2001: Book of the month ( Institute for Youth Literature ) for Heisse Spur in Dixie's Bar
• 2002: Austrian State Prize for Children's and Youth Literature for Heiße Spur in Dixie's Bar
• 2005: JuBu Book of the Month for Pig, Zeus
• 2006: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (bronze in category 9-11) for pig, Zeus

Works

• Bug Muldoon and the garden of fear . Puffin Books, London 1997, ISBN 0-14-038080-9 .
• Three on the run. A monkey adventure ("The mighty skink"). Fischer, Frankfurt / M. 2003, ISBN 3-596-85035-5 .
• Hot track in Dixie's bar. A new case for the bug ("Bug Muldoon and the killer in the rain"). Fischer, Frankfurt / M. 2003, ISBN 3-596-80364-0 .
• Got the pig, Zeus ("The Pig Scrolls"). Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-312-00953-7 .
• The bug, an insect thriller ("Bug Muldoon"). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2004, ISBN 3-596-50878-9 .
• A pig saves the world . Fischer Schatzinsel, 10.2008, ISBN 3-596-80778-6 .
• Zargon Zoo . Macmillan Heinemann, Oxford 1991.
• "Mr Bean's" Holiday . Scholastic 2007, ISBN 978-1905775064 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Shipton in the catalog of the German National Library