Gareth Ward, a.k.a. The Great Wardini is a magician, hypnotist, storyteller, bookseller and author. He has worked as a Royal Marine Commando, Police Officer, Evil Magician and Zombie. He basically likes jobs where you get to wear really cool hats – as writer and compere of Napier City’s inaugural Steampunk murder mystery evening he wore a rather splendid bowler.
His first novel ,The Traitor and the Thief, a rip-roaring 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.
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Comments (4)
perpetualrevision
Very cute! I love the mechanical monkeys -- now I want one!!
GarethWardAuthor
Thanks. It was their first outing but I can see they have the capability to do much more. :-)
crender
Excellent !
GarethWardAuthor
Thanks. I had fun making it. Took about a day to render. :-(
PandaB5
Oh wow, how could anyone resist. Awesome video!
GarethWardAuthor
Thanks. If only I had mechanical pandas! :-)
anitalee
Excellent