Christopher Gibbs achieved a First Class honours degree in illustration at Norwich School of Art, followed by a postgraduate diploma from the University of Brighton. He lives in High Wycombe, with his dog and an infinitely more obedient Apple Mac.
In 2007 Chris won the AOI, Images 31 Gold award for his book cover image for Puccini’s Ghosts. He manipulates digital imagery to create multi-layered pictures, using photography and graphic symbols with rich textures and a sophisticated colour palette.
His work has adorned contemporary adult and young fiction covers all over the world including the award-winning (YA) novel Thirteen Treasures (Simon & Schuster) and The Remarkable Adventures of Tom Scatterhorn, for OUP.
He has also illustrated Royal Mail packaging for Harry Potter Stamps and worked in the editorial field for specialist magazines.
BBC Audiobooks
BBC Music Magazine
Caspian Publishing
Duncan Baird Publishers
Hodder Headline
Little Brown
Orion
Oxford University Press
Ravensburger (Germany)
Radio Times
Simon & Schuster
St Martin’s Press (US)
Woman's Weekly
Chris's blog
