Born in Harare into a family of seven children, Korky enjoyed a wild and privileged childhood in the African Bushveldt. At an early age he was reading comic books and scribbling cartoons. He scribbled his way through Durban School of Art and for four years scribbled at an advertising agency in Cape Town. He spent some time working in an advertising agency in London and Los Angeles, and then studied film animation under Jules Engel at CAL-ARTS, California. Korky’s first children’s book was a pop-up called The Crocodile and the Dumper Truck published in 1980. In 1986 Korky Paul was commissioned to illustrate Winnie the Witch. It won the Children’s Book Award in 1987 and has been published in over 10 languages. Since then has sold more than 3 million books worldwide in over 20 languages.
Korky loves to share his passion for drawing. His numerous awards include The European Multi Media Award, The Prix Octogenes, The Sheffield Book Award, The Critici in Erba Prize Bologna, Crayon de porcelain at the St Just Salon international de la Humour and short listed three times for The Kate Greenaway Award.
