Nick Bantock

Nick Bantock is a British artist and author based in Saltspring Island, British Columbia, known for his series, The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy. His books are published by Raincoast Books in Canada and Chronicle Books in the United States and are known for their elaborate designs featuring faux postage stamps, handwritten documents, passports, postcards and other ephemera. Bantock attended schools in the northeast suburbs of London, and later an art college in Maidstone, Kent. He began a career as a freelance artist at the age of 23, producing 300 book covers in the ensuing 16 years. In 1988 he moved to Vancouver, and soon after to the nearby Bowen Island, where he had the idea that became the Griffin and Sabine series. Between 2007 and 2010, Bantock was one of the twelve committee members responsible for selecting Canada's postage stamps.