![]() ![]() He was awarded NZ Children’s Book of the Year in 20. He has won many awards for his books including the Russell Clark Medal for Illustration (1982), New Zealand Picturebook of the Year (1982, 19), and the Grand Prix of the Noma Concours, Japan, (1984). Bishop taught Art at Linwood High School in Christchurch for twenty years and subsequently was Head of the Art Department at Christ’s College until 1998 when he became a full-time writer/illustrator of children’s books. (Hons) and in 1968 he attended Christchurch Teachers’ College and obtained a Teaching Diploma. ![]() ![]() He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Christchurch from 1964-68 graduating with Dip. Gavin Bishop was born in Invercargill and educated at Kingston Primary School at Lake Wakatipu, Clifton Primary School, Invercargill, and Southland Technical College. ![]()
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