Donovan Bixley
Donovan Paul Bixley (born 24 August 1971) is an author and illustrator from Taupō, New Zealand. He has created or co-created over 100 books, published in numerous countries and languages. In 2017, Bixley received the Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award, presented by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand for lifetime achievement as an illustrator. Biography Bixley was born in Perth, Australia, in 1971, before moving to New Zealand. Early influences Dr Seuss, Gosciny and Uderzo, Murray Ball, and J.R.R. Tolkien sparked an interest in drawing and storytelling. Bixley was head boy at Tauhara College, and went on to complete a Bachelor of Graphic Design at Auckland University of Technology. He worked in advertising and drew regular cartoons for the ''New Zealand Listener'' magazine. In 2002 Bixley illustrated ''Harry Hobnail and the Pungapeople'', and went on to create short stories for the '' School Journal''. Many of Bixley's picture books are bestsellers, notably his kiwian ...
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Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world music (notably calypso). He has lived in Scotland, Hertfordshire (England), London, California, and—since at least 2008—in County Cork, Ireland, with his family. Emerging from the British folk scene, Donovan reached fame in the United Kingdom in early 1965 with live performances on the pop TV series '' Ready Steady Go!''. Having signed with Pye Records in 1965, he recorded singles and two albums in the folk vein for Hickory Records, after which he signed to CBS/Epic in the US—the first signing by the company's new vice-president Clive Davis—and became more successful internationally. He began a long and successful collaboration with leading British independent record producer Mickie Most, scoring multiple hit singles and albums i ...
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