Paddington Here and Now has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. Michael Bond is the author of all the books about Paddington Bear. His first book, A Bear Called Paddington , was published in 1958. In 1997, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to children's literature. In 2007, he was made an honorary doctor of letters by Reading University. Paddington's creator is still writing and lives in London, England, not far from Paddington Station, where it all began.