Paul Crawford

Paul Crawford is a British novelist and multi-genre author. He is founder and the world's first professor of the field of health humanities, advancing creative wellbeing. He directs the Centre for Social Futures at the Institute of Mental Health, The University of Nottingham, UK. His first novel, Nothing Purple, Nothing Black (Book Guild, 2002) achieved critical acclaim with fellow writers David Lodge, Roy Porter, Sara Maitland and Paul Sayer; the novel was also optioned for film with award-winning filmmaker Jack Emery at The Drama House. Crawford led the creation of a new series of animations What’s Up With Everyone with Academy-award winning Aardman (Wallace & Gromit, etc.) and was the researcher behind award-winning filmmaker Chi Thai's (e.g. Raging Grace) new production, Astronaut. His second novel, The Wonders of Doctor Bent (Cranthorpe Millner), was published in 2025, and has already been acclaimed by world-renowned leaders in mental health and fellow writers.