Gavin Bishop
Gavin Bishop | |
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| Born | Invercargill, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Canterbury University |
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Gavin Bishop (born 1946), is an award-winning author and illustrator, from Invercargill, New Zealand.[1] He is known for illustrating books from prominent New Zealand authors, including Joy Cowley and Margaret Mahy. [2][3] Bishop's first published picture book was Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant, published in 1981 by Oxford University Press.
Bishop worked as a high school art teacher for thirty years, before writing and illustrating children's books full time.[1]
Select honours and awards
- 2013 – Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Children's Literature. [4]
- 2013, 2000, 1994, 1983 – New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, winner of the picture book category.
- 2010, 2008, 2006, 1982 – LIANZA Russell Clark Medal for Illustration. [5]
- 2000 – Margaret Mahy Medal for Services to Children's Literature. [6]
- 1984 – Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations, Grand Prize.[7]
Select bibliography
- 2010 – Counting the Stars: Four Maori Myths
- 2010 – Friends: Snake & Lizard
- 2010 – Cowshed Christmas
- 2010 – There Was a Crooked Man
- 2009 – Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood
- 2008 – Rats!
- 2008 – Snake & Lizard
- 2007 – Riding the Waves: four Maori Myths
- 2006 – Te Waka
- 2006 – Kiwi Moon
- 2005 – Taming the Sun: Four Maori Myths
- 2004 – The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- 2002 – Tom Thumb
See also
References
- ^ a b Gavin Bishop. "About Me".
- ^ Mahy, Margaret. Mister Whistler. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781877579363. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Cowley, Joy. Friends: Snake and Lizard. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781877467950. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Rebecca Kitteridge (31 December 2012). "New Year Honours List 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand). Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "LIANZA Russell Clark Illustration Award". Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Gavin Bishop. "Awards".
- ^ "Gavin Bishop". Gecko Press. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
