I grew up in small-town Vermont, a nerdy kid who drew all the time. I did well in school, read a lot, and was fascinated by martial arts. I did illustrations and comics for my high school newspaper, co-edited and illustrated the literary magazine, and painted a mural on the wall of one of the school hallways. I toyed briefly with being an engineer, but then decided to do the “sensible” thing and went to art school. I graduated from Parsons School of Design, lucked into a job making computer games, and managed to draw a couple of graphic novels in my spare time. These days I live in the Washington DC area and I still draw all the time.
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Gareth Hinds is the creator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on literary classics, including Beowulf (which Publisher’s Weekly called a “mixed-media gem”), King Lear (which Booklist named one of the top 10 graphic novels for teens), The Merchant of Venice (which Kirkus called “the standard that all others will strive to meet” for Shakespeare adaptation), The Odyssey (which garnered four starred reviews and a spot on ten “best of 2010” lists), Romeo and Juliet (which Kirkus called “spellbinding”), and Macbeth (which the New York Times called “stellar” and “a remarkably faithful rendering”). Gareth is a recipient of the Boston Public Library’s “Literary Lights for Children” award. His books can be found in bookstores and English classrooms across the country, and his illustrations have appeared in such diverse venues as the Society of Illustrators, the New York Historical Society, and over a dozen published video games.
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