Gavin Bishop
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Gavin Bishop | |
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| Colour photograph of Gavin Bishop in 2018 Bishop in 2018 | |
| Born | Gavin John Bishop 1946 (age 79–80) Invercargill, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
| Spouse | Vivien Bishop |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | |
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Gavin John 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]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Bishop was born on 13 February 1946 in Invercargill, to a Tainui and Ngāti Awa family.[4][5]
Career
[edit | edit source]Bishop worked as a high school art teacher for thirty years, before writing and illustrating children's books full-time.[1]
Bishop's first published picture book was Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant, published in 1981 by Oxford University Press.
In 2006, he accused the makers of the Hollywood film Mr and Mrs Smith of plagiarizing his 1997 school book The Secret Lives of Mr and Mrs Smith.[6]
Hundreds of artworks by Bishop were purchased by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in a deal announced in 2025.[7][8]
Select honours and awards
[edit | edit source]- 2022 – Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, the Nonfiction and Illustration awards for Atua[9]
- 2018 – Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award for Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story at the New Zealand Children's Book Awards[10]
- 2013 – Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Children's Literature.[11]
- 2013 – Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award[12]
- 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.[13]
- 2000 – Margaret Mahy Medal for Services to Children's Literature.[14]
- 1984 – Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations, Grand Prize.[15]
Select bibliography
[edit | edit source]- 2025 - Taniwha, 64pp (Penguin) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- 2024 – Titiro Look, 36pp (Gecko Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- 2021 – Atua: Māori gods and heroes, 64pp (Picture Puffin) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[16]
- 2020 – Mihi, 18pp, (Gecko Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[17]
- 2018 – Cook's Cook Limited Edition, 40pp, (Gecko Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). [18]
- 2018 – Cook's Cook, 40pp, (Gecko Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). [19]
- 2017 – Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story (Penguin)
- 2017 – Helper and Helper, 128pp, (Gecko Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). [20]
- 2013 – Mister Whistler, 32pp, (Gecko Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[21]
- 2012 – Koinei te Whare nā Haki i Hanga, 40pp, Māori translation of The House that Jack Built (Gecko Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- 2012 – The House that Jack Built, 40pp, (Gecko Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[22]
- 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, Gecko Press (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
- 1982 – Mr. Fox, 32pp, (Oxford University Press) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
See also
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References
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External links
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