Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. Paul Jennings was born in Heston near London, and at the age of 6 emigrated to Melbourne, Australia on a boat. He was on the boat for 5 weeks with his family. He attended Bentleigh West Primary School and Caulfield Grammar School. After graduating from school, he went to Frankston Teachers College (now part of Monash University) and became a teacher. He taught students at Frankston State School, Kangaroo Flat State School, the Turana Youth Training Centre, and the Royal Children's Hospital State School in Mount Eliza. He later went on to study at the Lincoln Institute of Health Science (now part of LaTrobe University) and became a speech pathologist, then worked as a Lecturer in Special Education at Burwood State College (now part of Deakin University). In 1979 he became Senior Lecturer in Language and Literature at Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education (now part of Deakin University). In 1985, Jennings' first book of short stories, Unreal! was published, during which he worked as a lecturer and wrote part-time; in 1989, he made the decision to devote his full time to writing. Many of his short stories, published between 1985 and 1991, were also adapted into the first and second series of the popular Australian television show Round the Twist. Winner of the Dromkeen Medal (2000).
Series
Books
Uncovered!
1995
Thirteen Unpredictable Tales
1996
Round the Twist
1990
The Gizmo Again
2002
Spooner or Later
1993
The Lorikeet Tree
2023
Singenpoo's Secret Weapon
2001
Dead Ringer
1997
Paul Jennings' Funniest Stories
2007
The Fisherman and the Theefyspray
1994
Don't Look Now Book Three
2013
Croaked
2000
Unbearable!
1990
Battering Rams
1997
Rascal in Trouble
2004
A Different Dog
2017
Undone!
1993
Rascal and the Dragon Droppings
2006
Singenpoo Shoots Through
2023
Unreal!
1985
Rascal Takes Off
2004
Unstoppable!
1997
Rascal's Big Day
2011
Reading Bug
2004
Little Rascal to the Rescue
2006
Come Back Gizmo
1997
Three Stories by Paul Jennings
Next Time Around, Nails & Grandad's Gifts
2025
Rascal and Little Flora
2005
Grandad's Gifts
1992
Unseen!
1998
Uncollected Volume Three
2002
Duck for Cover
1994
The Slobberers
2004
The Cabbage Patch Fib
1989
Uncollected Volume Two
Uncanny, Unbearable & Unmentionable
1999
Paul Jennings' Weirdest Stories
2006
The Naked Ghost; Burp!; And, Blue Jam
1991
Uncollected Volume One
Unreal, Unbelievable & Quirky Tales
1998
The Unforgettable What's His Name
2016
A Different Boy
2018
Grope
2000
Sink the Gizmo!
1998
The Cabbage Patch Curse
2004
Unccoked! Three Stories 2/5
Without A Shirt; Cow-Dung Custard; Wunderpants
2005
Uncanny!
1988
Unmentionable!
1991
Don't Look Now
2013
Unreal
2015
Tongue-Tied!
2002
The Creeper
1997
The Nest
2009
The Paw Thing
1989
How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare…
2005
Sucked in
2004
Pluck
2000
Yes Is No
2025
A Different Land
2019
Three Stories by Paul Jennings
Tongue Tied, Lennie Lighthouse & Shake
2026
The Gizmo
1998
Untwisted
The Story of My Life
2020
The Many Adventures of Singenpoo
2002
Rascal Bumps His Head
2011
Clear as Mud and Other Stories to Startle You Silly!
1995
Unbelievable!
1985
Rascal Goes Fishing
2010
Singenpoo Strikes Again
2001
Three Stories by Paul Jennings
Ice Maiden, Birdman & Sloppy Jalopy
2005
Paul Jennings' Trickiest Stories
2008
The Cabbage Patch Pong
2004
Rascal and the Monster
2006
Rascal and the Cheese
2023
Till Death Us Do Part
1997
Deadly!
2000
The Cabbage Patch War
2004
Brats
2000
Rascal's Trick
2004
Rascal The Dragon
2004
Paul Jennings' Spookiest Stories
2007
