Terry Denton was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1950. He attended Uni where he studied architecture. He wrote and illustrated Felix and Alexander, which was published in 1985 and won the CBC Picture Book of the Year in 1986. Since then he has written and/or illustrated more than 40 books as well as illustrated numerous books for other authors. His work with Andy and Jill Griffiths on the Treehouse series has produced many bestselllers. He won the YABBA Award for Spooner or Later in 1994, Duck for Cover in 1995, Zapt! in 1998, Gasp! in 1999, Just Stupid! in 2000, Splat! in 2000 and Just Crazy! in 2001. He has also won Koala Awards for Duck for Cover in 1995, Gasp! in 1996, and Just Crazy! in 2001, as well as a Bilby Award for Gasp! in 1999. He and Aaron Blabey won the 2016 Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Award for fiction for older readers and the 2016 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs) for Fiction for older readers, for their book, The 65-Storey Treehouse. His book, The 91-Storey Treehouse, won the 2018 Australian Book Industry Awards, International Book of the Year. The most recent book in Treehouse series is The 104-Storey Treehouse.
030