birth_place pseudonym nationality notableworks birth_date residence genre article_title education name occupation
manchester , uk paul cooper british '' saved the world '' the pig scrolls '' '' the pig who 15 june 1963 wisconsin , usa children 's paul shipton
 m.phil. , m.a. in classics paul shipton novelist , book editor
paul shipton

paul shipton -lrb- born 1963 -rrb- 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 -lrb- in classics and philosophy -rrb- , 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 '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- .
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 writer and editor .
he also writes books for younger readers under the pen name paul cooper .
he , his wife and two daughters , now divide their time between cambridge , england and madison , wisconsin .
