Robert Paul Weston is a British-born Canadian author of novels for children and young adults. His debut was the award-winning novel-in-verse, Zorgamazoo. His second novel, Dust City, a dark fantasy for young adults, is narrated by the son of the wolf who killed Little Red Riding Hood. The book was shortlisted for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. He publishes short fiction internationally and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Lincoln.

Personal life

Robert Paul Weston was born in 1975 in Dover, England to a Grenadian-Indian mother and a British-Turkish father. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.

Prizes and honours

Works

Novels

Picture books

Short fiction