About Paul Beavis
I studied Graphic Design at Central St. Martins School of Art in the 1990s. After which I worked in children's animation for a number of years. From 1999 onwards I worked as a website designer and creative for the Financial Times and AKQA. In 2002 I started my own web design company but also continued to develop ideas for a children's book. Eventually, after many rejections, in 2014 my first book Mrs Mo’s Monster was published. I now write and illustrate full time. I live in Wellington New Zealand with my wife and young son.
My work has been published with: Hachette, Penguin Random House, Gecko Press, Scholastic, New Frontier Publishing, Little Steps Publishing, Annual Ink, Massey University Press, Lift Education and Write Laugh.
Awards
2014 - LIANZA Russel Clark Illustration award - Mrs Mo’s Monster
2018 - White Raven - What are you Supposed to Be?
2024 - Shortlisted for NZ Booklovers Award for Best Children's Picture Book - There was an odd farmer who swallowed a fly.
Get in Touch
If you have any questions about me or my work either use the form below or email me directly at paul@paulbeavis.com - always happy to answer any questions.
Interviews and Media
Spinoff magazine interview with Sarah Forster
Bookseller NZ Interview with Sarah Forster and Julia Marshall
Scholastic Author page
NZ Book Council Writers page
Annual contributor page
Interview with Desna Wallace on Book trailers for Kids
Interview with the Children's Bookshop, Wellington
Radio NZ Capital E! interview
Reading of Mrs Mo's Monster at Wellington Library