Joshua Morgan

Aotearoa New Zealand

Manawatū born and raised, illustrator Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Pākehā) lives in the Kāpiti Coast with the author Sacha Cotter, their wee family and a vast hoard of picture books. Together they form the amazing storytelling / song-writing / award-winning-picture-book-making team, Cotter & Morgan. 

Their bilingual books with HUIA Publishers have received numerous accolades, including the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, Storylines Notable Book Awards, and international recognition from IBBY. Their work has also been adapted by the NZ Symphony Orchestra and the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Josh was the recipient of the Arts Foundation Mallinson Rendell Illustration award in 2025. 

By day Josh works as a visual designer. By night, he works as a freelance illustrator creating for books, TV, animation, School Journals, maps, a Māori Picture Dictionary, magazines, books covers and posters. He has proudly graduated from drawing in the back of his school exercise books and now draws silly pictures on meeting notes. 

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Find Cotter & Morgan's books at UBS - University Bookshop.