Terry Denton
Terry Denton is one of Australia's busiest literary creative forces
Born in Melbourne in 1950, the second youngest of five boys, Terry originally studied Architecture, but unhappy with that course, he left uni and set about discovering what kind of artist he really wanted to be. Over the next seven years he tried animation, painting, theatre, etching, sculpture, cartooning, and worked part-time with a friend running a music shop.
In 1984 he wrote and illustrated Felix and Alexander. It was published in 1985 and won the CBC Picture Book of the Year in 1986.
Terry's work is characterised by a devious sense of humour, an adventurous and inventive drawing style and an informed flair for what interests and amuses kids.
Terry meets around 20,000 school kids each year, generally talking, doing workshops and sometimes working with smaller groups designing and painting murals.
He lives by the beach with his wife and three kids, two dogs, a few chooks and a huge burial mound of previous pets. His hobbies include: bushwalking, ball sports, water sports, painting, strangling cats and visiting sick people in hospital.
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Books illustrated by Terry Denton
