Gavin Bishop | |
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Born | Gavin John Bishop 1946 (age 77–78) Invercargill, New Zealand |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | English |
Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
Spouse | Vivien Bishop |
Children | 3 |
Website | |
gavinbishop |
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] Bishop's first published picture book was Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant, published in 1981 by Oxford University Press.
Bishop was born on 13 February 1946 in Invercargill, to a Tainui and Ngāti Awa family. [4] [5]
Bishop worked as a high school art teacher for thirty years, before writing and illustrating children's books full-time. [1]
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]
Gavin Bishop | |
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![]() Bishop in 2018 | |
Born | Gavin John Bishop 1946 (age 77–78) Invercargill, New Zealand |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | English |
Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
Spouse | Vivien Bishop |
Children | 3 |
Website | |
gavinbishop |
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] Bishop's first published picture book was Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant, published in 1981 by Oxford University Press.
Bishop was born on 13 February 1946 in Invercargill, to a Tainui and Ngāti Awa family. [4] [5]
Bishop worked as a high school art teacher for thirty years, before writing and illustrating children's books full-time. [1]
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]