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Gareth Ward, a.k.a. The Great Wardini is a magician, hypnotist, storyteller, bookseller and author. Born in the town of Banbury in the UK, he attended the University of York where he gained a joint honours degree in Biology and Computer Science.
His first novel, The Traitor and the Thief, a young adult Steampunk adventure, won the 2016 Storylines Tessa Duder Award, the 2018 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Youth Novel, a 2018 Storylines Notable Book Award and was a finalist in two categories at The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
He currently lives in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand where he runs two independent bookshops, Wardini Books and Wardini Books Napier with his wife Louise and son Max.