Nick Bantock
BritishContemporary FictionMagical Realismb. 1949
Nick Bantock (born 1949) is a British-born artist and author best known for his illustrated epistolary novels, most famously the Griffin & Sabine series. Trained in art college in Maidstone, Kent, he worked as a commercial artist designing hundreds of book covers before creating the design-intensive, mixed-media books that brought him international recognition. Bantock moved to Canada in the late 1980s and has been based on Vancouver Island (Saltspring Island) where he continues to paint, publish, and exhibit his artwork.
Awards
["Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award (1993)"]
Notable Works
['Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence', "Sabine's Notebook", 'The Golden Mean', 'The Gryphon', 'Alexandria']
