. "Shipton, Paul"@en . . "1963-06-15Z"^^ . "British writer" . "Paul Shipton"@en . "Paul Cooper"@en . . "1963Z"^^ . . . "Paul Shipton (born 1963) 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 (in Classics and Philosophy), 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 (1991)."@en . . . .