Danielle is a published author and writer, born and raised in Sydney Australia.

After being continously ridiculed and bullied throughout her school life, someone who was incompetent at writing essays with her weakest subject being English and someone who was told by her teachers she wasn’t clever enough to do the subjects she enjoyed, thanks to a dog Teida, Danielle wrote and published a dog memoir -Teida’s  Story life through the eyes of a dog.

However, before Teida came into Danielle’s life, as a child Danielle had a phobia of dogs.  She was bitten on the leg by an Alstain dog crossing the road with her sister, metres away from their family home.  Some time later, after moving out of home, Danielle eventually confronted her fear of dogs head on.    .

With her long work hours, where she left for work just after sunrise and arrived home after sunset, Danielle never thought in her wildes dreams she was more than capable of having a dog.  However, four days later after her home was broken into, and after the advise from local police to get a dog for extra security,  a six year old staffordshire terrier x red cattle dog called Teida came into Danielle’s life.

With Teida and Danielle becoming the best of friends, Teida inspired Danielle decided to write her life story,  and not just any life story but Teida’s life Story told by Teida herself. So after eight (8) years in the making, Teida’s Story – life through the eyes of a dog, was born and through much encouragement, persistance and determination, Danielle became a published author.

In addition to her published book Teida’s Story, Danielle has other pieces of writing published including:
A variety of short stories through  The Urban Field Naturalist , a blog post for The Association for Anthropology, Gernotology and the Life Course (AAGE) titled A Reflection on Changed Easter Traditions, and various articles for The Relatable Voice Magazine .

Danielle is also involved with Author’s Penpals where she corresponds to primary school students within Australia encouraging them with their reading and writing. She regularly conducts Author’s talks across schools in Sydney and the Central Coast of NSW inspiring students on their life journey. Schools where Danielle has been guest speaker include Central Coast Grammar School, Oatley West Public School, St Therese’s Primary School and St Lukes Catholic Primary School .

Danielle has been guest speaker at community organisations including local libraries, Probus and Rotary groups across Sydney – including Merrylands Library, Randwick Library, Probus Padstow, Probus Revesby, Rotary Club of Padstow as well as Revesby Gardening Club.

Danielle is also involved in various media engagements including radio interviews, podcast series. In April 2024 she was interviewed by SBS Australia as part of their documentary Australian Easter – Exploring social and cultural traditions beyond religion  which is available in 28 languages. In August 2024, you would have caught a glimpse of Danielle on Sunrise Weather when Sam Mac visited a newly opened child care centre in East Hills.

Outside of her writing, Danielle is an avid gardener, enjoys animals and nature and has a great interest in the spirit world, astrology and enjoys being with her family and godchildren.