Korky Paul
Korky Paul was born in Zimbabwe. He studied Fine Arts at Durban Art School, South Africa, and Film Animation at CalArts in California. Korky began his career in advertising before becoming an award-winning illustrator of children’s books. Known only to himself as the 'World's Greatest Portrait Artist', Korky regularly holds drawing workshops at libraries, schools and museums to promote and encourage passion for drawing. He is a patron of the Art Room, Pegasus Theatre, Reading QuestARCh and The Stratford Literary festival.
Career Highlights and Achievements
He is best known for the Winnie the Witch series that has sold more than 7 million books worldwide in more than 30 languages. Korky has illustrated many other successful books for Hodders, Penguin and Oxford, including several anthologies of poems edited by John Foster and Michael Rosen. Korky has won the Children's Book Award twice, with Winnie the Witch and The Rascally Cake. Other awards include European Multi Media Award for the CD-Rom based on ‘The Fish Who Could Wish’, the Prix Octogenes, the Sheffield Book Award, the Critici in Erba Prize Bologna,vCrayon de porcelaine at the St Just Salon international de la Humour and has been short-listed three times for the Kate Greenaway Award.
Inspirations
Korky Paul has very quickly become a well-known figure in the children's book world and he is especially popular with the young children who read his books and are carried away into a fantasy world by the illustrations.
Career Highlights and Achievements
He is best known for the Winnie the Witch series that has sold more than 7 million books worldwide in more than 30 languages. Korky has illustrated many other successful books for Hodders, Penguin and Oxford, including several anthologies of poems edited by John Foster and Michael Rosen. Korky has won the Children's Book Award twice, with Winnie the Witch and The Rascally Cake. Other awards include European Multi Media Award for the CD-Rom based on ‘The Fish Who Could Wish’, the Prix Octogenes, the Sheffield Book Award, the Critici in Erba Prize Bologna,vCrayon de porcelaine at the St Just Salon international de la Humour and has been short-listed three times for the Kate Greenaway Award.
Inspirations
Korky Paul has very quickly become a well-known figure in the children's book world and he is especially popular with the young children who read his books and are carried away into a fantasy world by the illustrations.