Kim Gamble

Kim Gamble
Born( 1952-07-13)13 July 1952
Sydney, Australia
Died19 February 2016(2016-02-19) (aged 63)
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
  • Illustrator
  • teacher
Years active1991–2016
Children2

Kim Gamble (13 July 1952 – 19 February 2016)[1] was an Australian illustrator of children's books. He is best known for the Tashi books, which have been translated into more than 20 languages and adapted for television.

Early life

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Kim Hunter Gamble was born in Sydney on 13 July 1952.[2] Whilst initially working as a teacher and in other jobs, he eventually became a children's illustrator later in life.

Career

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Gamble trained as a teacher and worked in a variety of occupations.[3][4]

Gamble was a self-taught artist.[3] Beginning to illustrate stories for children at the age of 24, his first assignment in 1976 was for The Land Behind the World[5] by Anne Spencer Parry and three sequels. In 1989,[6] he illustrated for the School Magazine,[2] and he continued illustrating for the magazine for many years.[6][7][4] Gamble met author Anna Fienberg, with whom he produced more than 20 books, at the School Magazine where she was the editor.[6][3]

He illustrated The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels by Anna Fienberg, published in 1991.[3] His collaborations with Fienberg included award winning The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels,[2] the Tashi series and Tashi picture books,[2] the Minton series and Joseph. Joseph was shortlisted for the 2002 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award.[7] The Tashi series of books were translated into more than 20 languages and adapted for television.[3]

He worked with many authors and illustrated over seventy books in his career.[3][4] Some of Gamble's artwork for The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived by Anna Fienberg is held in the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature (formerly the Lu Rees Archives).[8][9]

Works

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  • Parry, Anne Spencer, 1931–1985; Gamble Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1976), The Land Behind the World, Pinchgut Press, ISBN 0-9598913-2-3
  • Parry, Anne Spencer, 1931–1985; Gamble Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1977), The Lost Souls of the Twilight,[10] Pinchgut Press, ISBN 0-9598913-4-X
  • Parry, Anne Spencer, 1931–1985; Gamble Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1979), The Crown of Darkness,[11] Pinchgut Press, ISBN 0-9598913-6-6
  • Parry, Anne Spencer, 1931–1985; Gamble Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1980), The Crown of Light,[12] Pinchgut Press, ISBN 0-9598913-7-4
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1991), The magnificent nose and other stories, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86448-666-7{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (the Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers in 1992)[13]
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (1992), Ariel, Zed and the secret of life, Little Ark Book, ISBN 978-1-86373-277-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1993), The hottest boy who ever lived, St Leonards, NSW Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86373-477-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Gamble, Kim (1994), You can draw anything, St. Leonards, NSW Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86373-680-0[2]
  • Rodell, Susanna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (1994), Dear Fred, Viking, ISBN 978-0-670-85493-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)[2]
  • Freeman, Pamela; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1996), Victor's quest, Norwood, South Australia Omnibus Books, ISBN 978-1-86291-286-1{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fraser, Janine M; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (1996), Abdullah's butterfly, Angus & Robertson; London : HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-207-19080-3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Gamble, Kim (1997), Amazing faces, Dorling Kindersley, ISBN 978-0-7513-5564-2
  • Wild, Margaret; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1998), First day, St. Leonards, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86448-103-7{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Orr, Wendy; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1999), Arabella, Pymble, N.S.W. HarperCollins (published 1998), ISBN 978-0-207-19904-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Lee, Lyn; Gamble, Kim, (illustrator.) (2000), Pog, Omnibus Books, ISBN 978-1-86291-412-4{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (2001), Joseph, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86448-170-9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fraser, Janine M; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (2001), Sarindi and the lucky bird (Repr. ed.), Pymble, Sydney, NSW Angus & Robertson, ISBN 978-0-207-19914-1{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • McKinnon, Ferg; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (2002), A bee in Ben's bonnet, Random House Australia, ISBN 978-1-74051-721-8{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, (illustrator.) (2003), Horrendo's curse, Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin (published 2002), ISBN 978-1-86508-603-3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Lee, Lyn; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (2004), Mary, the big brown hairy spider, Omnibus Books, ISBN 978-1-86291-533-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Lee, Lyn; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (2006), Eight (Pbk. ed.), Omnibus Books, ISBN 978-1-86291-519-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Freeman, Pamela; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (2009), Victor's challenge (1st ed.), Newtown, NSW Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd, ISBN 978-1-921150-32-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Whittle, Cate; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (2016), Trouble at home, Parkside SA Omnibus Books, ISBN 978-1-74299-076-7{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Tashi books

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  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016; Fienberg, Barbara (1995), Tashi, St Leonards, NSW Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86373-806-4{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara, (author.); Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1995), Tashi and the giants, St. Leonards, NSW Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86373-945-0 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016; Fienberg, Barbara (1996), Tashi and the ghosts, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86448-090-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara, (author.); Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1997), Tashi and the genie, St. Leonards, NSW Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86448-296-6 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara, (author.); Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1998), Tashi and the Baba Yaga, St. Leonards, NSW Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86448-688-9 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016; Fienberg, Barbara (2000), Tashi and the demons, Allen & Unwin (published 1999), ISBN 978-1-86508-084-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara, (author.); Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (2001), Tashi and the big stinker, St Leonards, NSW Allen & Unwin (published 2000), ISBN 978-1-86508-350-6 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016; Fienberg, Barbara (2001), Tashi and the dancing shoes, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-86508-552-4{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016; Fienberg, Barbara (2002), Tashi and the haunted house, Allen & Unwin; Andover : Ragged Bears, ISBN 978-1-86508-840-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016; Fienberg, Barbara (2003), Tashi and the royal tomb, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74114-090-3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustratior.); Fienberg, Barbara, (author.) (May 2008), There once was a boy called Tashi, Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin (published 2004), ISBN 978-1-74114-719-3 {{citation}}: |author3= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (ill.) (2004), Tashi lost in the city, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74114-401-7{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016; Fienberg, Barbara (2005), Tashi and the forbidden room, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74114-731-5{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara, (author.); Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (April 2007), Tashi and the stolen bus, Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin (published 2006), ISBN 978-1-74114-877-0 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (2008), Tashi and the mixed-up monster, Allen & Unwin (published 2007), ISBN 978-1-74175-191-8{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (June 2009), Tashi and the phoenix, Allen and Unwin (published 2008), ISBN 978-1-74175-474-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara, (author.); Gamble, Kim, (illustrator.) (March 2010), Tashi and the golem, East Melbourne, Victoria Allen and Unwin (published 2009), ISBN 978-1-74175-792-7 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara, (author.); Gamble, Kim, (illustrator.) (May 2014), Once Tashi met a dragon, Sydney Allen & Unwin (published 2013), ISBN 978-1-74175-887-0 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Fienberg, Barbara, (author.); Kelly, Geoff, 1957–, (illustrator.); Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (November 2014), Tashi and the wicked magician and other stories, Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin (published 2014), ISBN 978-1-74331-508-8 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Minton books

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  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016 (2001), Minton goes driving, Allen & Unwin (published 1999), ISBN 978-1-86448-594-3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, (illustrator.); Fienberg, Anna, (author.) Contains (work) Minton goes! underwater; Fienberg, Anna, (author.) Contains (work) Minton goes! home at last (2008), Minton goes! underwater & home at last, Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74175-429-2 {{citation}}: |author3= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim (2008), Minton goes! : sailing & flying, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74175-428-5
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016; Fienberg, Anna. Minton goes driving; Fienberg, Anna. Minton goes trucking (2008), Minton goes driving & trucking, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74175-427-8{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Fienberg, Anna; Gamble, Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (January 2015), Minton goes!, Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin (published 2015), ISBN 978-1-76011-196-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Awards

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Personal life

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Gamble had two daughters, Greer (biol.) and Arielle.[3] He died on 19 February 2016 at the age of 63.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Gamble, Kim". NCACL. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Scobie, Susan, ed. (1997). The Dromkeen Book of Australian Children's Illustrators. Scholastic Australia. pp. 48–49. ISBN 1863886958.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Taffel, Jacqui (21 February 2016). "Kim Gamble, Tashi creator, dies at 63". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Kim Gamble". Allen & Unwin. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  5. ^ "The Land Behind the World - Immortal Books". www.pinchgut-press.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Vale Kim Gamble". The School Magazine. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  7. ^ a b "CBCA". cbca.org.au. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Lu Rees Archives Artwork - Project Artist: Kim Gamble (KG)" (PDF). Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  9. ^ "A Guide to the Anna Fienberg Papers - The Lu Rees Archives" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  10. ^ "The Lost Souls of the Twilight". www.pinchgut-press.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  11. ^ "The Crown of Darkness". www.pinchgut-press.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  12. ^ "The Crown of Light". www.pinchgut-press.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Kim Gamble: (author/organisation) | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". AustLit. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Kim Gamble". AustLit. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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