Author: Paul Russell

Paul Russell is a national award-winning author, international presenter and teacher with more than twenty years’ experience. He is passionate about empowering children through literature, imagination and the written word. Paul’s characters promote inclusion and the importance of individuality and finding your own place in the world. He is also a father of two girls, a playwright, dyslexic, lover of chocolate and fine food, and owner of an ill-disciplined, poorly trained but lovable dachshund named Enzo. Paul’s other books include Grandma Forgets, My Storee, The Incurable Imagination, Courageous Lucy, and The Incredibly Busy Mind of Bowen Bartholomew Crisp (winner of the 2022 Australian Speech Pathology Picture Book of the Year Award in the 5-8 category). Paul has also written The Last Seed Keeper trilogy for middle grade/YA readers, The Last Seed Keeper, New Sanctuary and Amity.