Gavin Bishop

Gavin Bishop ONZM (born 1946), is an 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.

Gavin Bishop
Bishop in 2018
BornInvercargill, New Zealand
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materCanterbury University
SpouseVivien Bishop
Children
  • Cressida
  • Charlotte
  • Alexandra
Website
gavinbishop.com

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

Select bibliography
  • 2018 – Cook's Cook Limited Edition, 40pp, ISBN 978-1-776572-04-5 [10]
  • 2018 - Cook's Cook, 40pp, ISBN 978-1-776572-04-5 [11]
  • 2017 - Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story (Penguin)
  • 2017 - Helper and Helper, 128pp, ISBN 978-1-776571-05-5 [12]
  • 2010 – Counting the Stars: Four Maori Myths
  • 2010 – Friends: Snake & Lizard, Joy Cowley, Gecko Press (illustrator)
  • 2010 – Cowshed Christmas (illustrator)
  • 2010 – There Was a Crooked Man
  • 2009 – Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood
  • 2008 – Rats!
  • 2008 – Snake & Lizard (illustrator)
  • 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
  1. Gavin Bishop. "About Me". Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. Mahy, Margaret. Mister Whistler. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781877579363. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. Cowley, Joy. Friends: Snake and Lizard. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781877467950. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. "Past Winners | New Zealand Book Awards Trust". www.nzbookawards.nz. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. Rebecca Kitteridge (31 December 2012). "New Year Honours List 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand). Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. "Gavin Bishop". The Arts Foundation. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  7. "LIANZA Russell Clark Illustration Award". Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. Gavin Bishop. "Awards".
  9. "Gavin Bishop". Gecko Press. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  10. Cook's Cook. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776572175. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  11. Cook's Cook. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776571055. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  12. Helper and Helper. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781-776571-05-5. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
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