Paul Cookson

Paul Cookson lives in Retford with his family, a dog and several ukuleles. He has worked as a poet for over 35 years, visited thousands of schools and sold over a million books. He is The National Football Museum's Poet In Residence and was commisioned by Everton to write a poem called “Home”. As part of the National Year of Reading he was nominated a National Reading Hero and received his award at 10 Downing Street.