Paul Bonner is the illustrator of the World of Lone Wolf series of gamebooks. His childhood love of folk-tales, fairy-stories, The Hobbit, Scandinavian tales, myths, and sagas led Paul Bonner to spend four years at Harrow, a London art school, on an illustrating course of study.

His artwork for the World of Lone Wolf series is among his earliest professional work. He subsequently started freelancing for Games Workshop and later accepted a full-time position. He worked there for a few years before moving on to produce full-colour artwork (which Games Workshop had not required from him). He moved to Copenhagen, Denmark and again began to work as a freelance illustrator.