Ruth Paul - Author/Illustrator
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Book Titles
Book titles (written and illustrated):
The Animal Undie Ball
The King’s Bubbles
Superpotamus
Two Little Pirates
Stomp Through the Swamp
ABOUT
In Brief
Ruth Paul is a children’s book author and illustrator. Her first publication was, The Animal Undie Ball (Scholastic, 2004), which was produced by Capital E as a stage performance with the Java Dance Company in 2007. Paul has illustrated other writers works, but more recently she has written and illustrated Two Little Pirates (2010) and Stomp Through the Swamp (2011). The King’s Bubbles won the Children’s Choice award at the 2008 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
In Detail
Ruth lives in an off-grid straw bale house in the middle of a paddock just outside Wellington, New Zealand. As well as writing and illustrating children’s picture books, Ruth is actively involved in community politics and environmental issues, and has two primary school age children.
Over the years, Ruth achieved a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English and History, a three year Diploma in Visual Communication Design, and half a law degree.
Ruth's books currently sell in New Zealand, Australia and Canada, with one recently translated into Korean (she has no idea how this works for a rhyming story). Her original picture book illustrations are becoming highly sought after, with two held in the prestigious Mazza Collection at the University of Findlay, Ohio.
Ruth can be contacted through her website www.ruthpaul.co.nz, or through Scholastic NZ. She is more than happy to answer questions about her work.
