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.