Terry Denton

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Terry Denton (b. 1950) is an Australian illustrator and author. The second youngest of five boys, he was born and grew up in Melbourne, Victoria. ^[1]

Denton has written and illustrated more than 30^[1] of his own books and illustrated countless others for some of Australia's best known authors.

Denton survived growing up with four brothers in Melbourne and now lives in Mornington, Victoria.

[edit] Works

Denton has developed an enduring and very popular partnership with writer Andy Griffiths and together they have produced:

6 books in the Just! series
The Bad Book
The Cat on the Mat Is Flat (2006)
What Bumosaur is that?
The Day My Bum Went Psycho (2001)

Illustrations for Paul Jennings and Ted Greenwood:

Duck for Cover
Freeze a crowd
Spooner or Later

His art and designs contributed heavily to style and stories of the children's TV series Lift Off.

Denton has illustrated books by Mem Fox:

Night Noises (1989)
A Particular Cow (2006)

Illustrations for books by Gillian Rubinstein

Mr Plunkett's pool (1992)
Jake and Pete (1995)
Jake and Pete and the stray dogs (1997)
Ducky's nest (1999)
Jake & Pete and the Catcrowbats (1999)
Jake and Pete and the magpie's wedding (2002)

His own books include the Gasp! series, currently being made into an animated TV series, the Storymaze books, which are a mix of novel and comic book, and the popular Wombat and Fox collection.