# Kim Gamble

Kim Gamble (13 July 1952 – 19 February 2016) 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

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

## Career

Gamble trained as a teacher and worked in a variety of occupations.
Gamble was a self-taught artist. Beginning to illustrate stories for children at the age of 24, his first assignment in 1976 was for The Land Behind the World by Anne Spencer Parry and three sequels. In 1989, he illustrated for the School Magazine, and he continued illustrating for the magazine for many years. Gamble met author Anna Fienberg, with whom he produced more than 20 books, at the School Magazine where she was the editor.
He illustrated The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels by Anna Fienberg, published in 1991. His collaborations with Fienberg included award winning The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels, the Tashi series and Tashi picture books, the Minton series and Joseph. Joseph was shortlisted for the 2002 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award. The Tashi series of books were translated into more than 20 languages and adapted for television.
He worked with many authors and illustrated over seventy books in his career. 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).

## Works

* 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, Pinchgut Press, ISBN 0-9598913-4-X
* Parry, Anne Spencer, 1931–1985; Gamble Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1979), The Crown of Darkness, Pinchgut Press, ISBN 0-9598913-6-6
* Parry, Anne Spencer, 1931–1985; Gamble Kim, 1952–2016, (illustrator.) (1980), The Crown of Light, 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)
* 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
* 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)
* 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

* 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

* 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

* 1992 Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration for The magnificent nose and other stories, Allen & Unwin, 1991, ISBN 978-1-86448-666-7

## Personal life

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