Neil Gower graduated from Brighton Art College in England in 1984. Since then he has been a graphic artist and illustrator who works in a wide variety of styles.

Gower's illustrations and maps have been used extensively in the fields of advertising, design and publishing in Great Britain, the United States, Europe and Asia. Gower has won a number of awards working for clients that include Volkswagen and the British Heart Foundation. He has produced more than thirty jacket illustrations for Agatha Christie titles commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation and HarperCollins Publishers. Gower also creates his own unique maps and travels widely with his sketchbook always at hand.