Nick Bantock was born on July 14, 1949. He is a British artist and writer who lives on Saltspring Island in British Columbia. He is famous for writing the Griffin and Sabine novels. His books are published by Raincoast Books in Canada and Chronicle Books in the United States. These books have detailed designs that include fake postage stamps, handwritten notes, passports, postcards, and other small items. Many of these books with many detailed designs were packaged by a company called Intervisual Communications (Intervisual Books). This company was created by someone who loves pop-up books, named Waldo Hunt.

Career

Bantock attended schools in the northeast suburbs of London. Later, he studied at an art college in Maidstone, Kent. At the age of 23, he began working as a freelance artist. Over the next 16 years, he created 300 book covers. In 1988, he moved to Vancouver and then to the nearby Bowen Island. There, he had the idea that led to the Griffin and Sabine series.

In 1993, he received the Bill Duthie Bookseller's Choice Award for Sabine's Notebook.

In 2006, he adapted the Griffin and Sabine series into a play with the same name. The play premiered in Vancouver at the Granville Island Stage and ran from October 5 to November 4, 2006.

In 2007, he returned to painting full-time and opened a studio-gallery called The Forgetting Room on Saltspring Island. From 2007 to 2010, Bantock was one of twelve committee members responsible for selecting Canada's postage stamps.