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Gavin Bishop (Tainui, Ngati Awa) is a highly acclaimed children's book author and illustrator of more than 70 books, whose work ranges from original stories to retellings of Maori myths, European fairy stories, and nursery rhymes. Among the numerous fellowships and national book prizes that have been awarded to Gavin throughout his career, he has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and has won the supreme Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award a record five times. The Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for Picture Book Illustration was established in 2009 to acknowledge Gavin's contribution to the writing and illustrating of children's picture books in Aotearoa. He was the 2025 AWF Honoured Writer at the Auckland Writers Festival and his book artwork has been acquired for the collection of Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. Gavin lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand. See more about him and his work at www.gavinbishop.com.
