About John Paul 

John Paul went to the Laird School of Art studying Photography and Design and started out as a Forensic Photographer (Yes the real life scary stuff of Silent Witness) before heading to London into the commercial world of running a studio. The crazy rollercoaster years that followed included 12 years working with HRH Diana Princess of Wales on the Kensington Palace Photographic Rota are well documented in the autobiography I Saw Her Standing There. JP has also featured on television, radio and as a real life character in Blake Morrison’s collection of stories entitled Too True. John Paul now lives in the City of Liverpool.

The Poet and Author: Works include five large volumes of poetry, four art books and the official biographies of two Italian saints: Clare of Assisi and Gemma Galgani of Lucca.

The Songwriter: Having worked up close in the 80s and 90s with fab artists including Duran Duran, Dee Dee Ramone, OMD, The Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood and in recent times collaborating with many groups and singers who kindly helped out with the books; bands such as Saxon, Nazareth, Hawkwind, Supertramp, Lindisfarne, Canned Heat and solo singers Kiki Dee, Judie Tzuke and Suzanne Vega has brought us back to songwriting rediscovering a handful of early songs (thought lost), some written from a time in a short lived 70s band plus brand new original indie live demo material that is being prepared for future release.