Freya Blackwood is a rising star in the international world of children's books. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and grew up in Orange in NSW, Australia. Freya's Amy & Louis (written by Libby Gleeson) won the 2007 CBCA Picture Book of the Year for Younger Readers, and was published in Australia, US, Germany, France and Korea. Danny Parker was born in the UK. He has been a nurse, an undertaker and an actor. He is now a teacher in Perth, Western Australia, and is married with two children, for whom he sometimes plays the part of a parachute.
