Donovan Bixley is an illustrator and writer based in Taupo, New Zealand. Donovan has numerous best-sellers to his name, including the recent Maui series, and Much Ado About Shakespeare. Donovan created Pussycat, Pussycat (2015), Little Bo Peep (2014), The Wheels on the Bus (2010) and Old Macdonald's Farm (2011) and The Great Kiwi ABC (2016). In 2017, Donovan received the Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award, presented by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, for lifetime achievement as an illustrator.