Sharad Paul

Sharad P Paul is a skin cancer specialist, family physician, evolutionary biologist,

storyteller, social entrepreneur, and an adjunct professor at Auckland University of

Technology. Born in England, with a childhood in India, he is a global citizen who

lives in New Zealand. A noted polymath, he was named “Renaissance Man” by the

New Zealand Herald and was awarded the Medical Association’s highest award,

awarded only to one doctor at a time. In 2015, he received the Ko Awatea

International Excellence Award for “leading health Improvement on a global scale,

and his work towards patient-centred medicine across several countries.” He is

unique as has authored works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and medical textbooks. His previous non-fiction works include Skin, a Biography (4th Estate, 2013) and The Genetics of Health (Simon and Schuster, 2017); literary fiction works include Cool Cut (Picador, 2006), To Kill a Snow Dragonfly (4thEstate, 2012) and The Kite Flyers (Harper Collins, 2015).

“Open Heart(ed) Surgeon” TIME magazine, 2008

“One of the most intelligent, inspiring and compassionate men you will ever meet” The New Zealand Medical Association