DANNY PARKER

In another life Danny Parker has worked as a nurse, an actor and an undertaker before settling into work as a drama teacher. A chance meeting with fellow WA-based illustrator and author, Matt Ottley, lead to Danny's first picture book Tree . Their second collaboration, Parachute, was shortlisted for CBCA's Picture Book of the Year award and was added to the prestigious White Ravens list. Perfect , with Freya Blackwood, was a CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year Honour Book. Danny and Freya's...See more

In another life Danny Parker has worked as a nurse, an actor and an undertaker before settling into work as a drama teacher. A chance meeting with fellow WA-based illustrator and author, Matt Ottley, lead to Danny's first picture book Tree . Their second collaboration, Parachute, was shortlisted for CBCA's Picture Book of the Year award and was added to the prestigious White Ravens list. Perfect , with Freya Blackwood, was a CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year Honour Book. Danny and Freya's second book together, Molly and Mae, was a CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year Notable Book. See less