Danielle Clode
Director

Danielle Clode is the author of eleven books including Killers in Eden, Voyages to the South Seas and The Woman who Sailed the World. 

Her writing encompasses natural history, essays, science writing, historical fiction, science fiction and children’s books. Danielle’s books have won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for non-fiction, FAW award for excellence in nonfiction, a Whitley Award for popular zoology and have been shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia and National Biography awards. 

She has worked as a full-time freelance writer for the last 20 years, holding several writing fellowships and serving on various state and national literature judging panels. Her supplementary work includes teaching creative and academic writing, technical writing, grant editing and research consultancies. She is an associate professor and senior research fellow at Flinders and Melbourne Universities in creative writing and zoology. 

Danielle is also a director of the ASA.