About Paul Smith Storyworks

Where compassion, imagination, and craft come together.

Paul Smith Storyworks is the creative home of Canadian author Paul Smith, bringing together the stories, characters, and worlds that define his published and publicly available body of work. From award-winning thrillers and historically grounded drama to contemporary fiction and children’s literature, Storyworks represents the full range of Paul’s storytelling voice.

Goal of Paul Smith Storyworks

Paul Smith Storyworks exists to build worlds worth visiting, characters worth remembering, and stories worth adapting — with fidelity to the author’s original vision.
Its goal is to guide Paul’s body of work from page to readers, classrooms, and eventually film and television with integrity, depth, and imagination.

interested in a Paul Smith Storyworks film adaptation?

Paul Smith’s works include award-winning thrillers, powerful historical fiction, middle-grade adventures, and imaginative children’s stories — each built with strong narrative arcs, clear emotional stakes, and a deeply human core. These stories have been embraced by readers, educators, and professional reviewers, and several are uniquely structured for adaptation into film or limited series.

If you are a producer, filmmaker, or development executive interested in exploring adaptation rights, please note the following:

1. Faithful Adaptation Is a Priority

Protecting the emotional, thematic, and narrative integrity of Paul’s stories is essential.
Any adaptation — live-action or animated — should align with the tone, character arcs, and major story beats of the original work.

2. Titles Currently Available for Screen Development

Historical / Dramatic

The Women of Ravensbrück (Legend Press – available for pre-order)
Steps to Tomorrow: My Destiny, My Choice
Rhino
Guardians of the Silverback
Ivory

Children’s Literature

Overcrowded at the Zoo
The Zoo Goes Bonkers

Middle Grade

Bat Rocket Boogie

(Additional works may become available upon future publication.)

3. Adaptation Strengths of Paul’s Writing

Paul Smith’s stories offer:

Strong central characters with emotional depth
Clear cinematic structure
Distinct and memorable settings
Themes of compassion, resilience, and moral courage
Organic ensemble casts
High suitability for both limited-series and feature-length formats
Opportunities for multi-genre appeal (historical, thriller, contemporary, and MG/children’s)

4. Industry-Professional Contact and Rights Information

For adaptation inquiries, rights availability, or to request reading materials Contact via the works publisher (Legend Press / Page Turner Books Inc. / Fabled & Bound / Solstice Publishing). The publisher will put you in contact with Paul Smith directly.

Alternatively you can use Paul Smith's Fan Email account: authorpaulsmith82@gmail.com

5. Collaboration Philosophy

Paul Smith is open to creative collaboration with producers who share a passion for emotionally rich, character-driven storytelling. Storyworks welcomes discussions with partners who value:

respectful representation
narrative accuracy
cultural and historical sensitivity
a strong author-aligned creative vision