About
About Dani
Dani Spinks is a writer, graphic designer, amateur photographer and marketing consultant who is dogged by Chomsky, charmed by celebrity chefs, and tyrannised by her own de-constructive tendencies.
In 2001, she decided against a military officer career when the inner conflict between steely-eyed killing machine and pacifist vegetarian Buddhist could not be satisfactorily resolved.
After dumping the weapons and replacing the armoury kit for a photographic one, she began working as a freelance photo-journalist. She later changed her strategic focus and began combining self-taught graphic design elements to the presentation of her words in the hope that she might actually get paid. It helped a lot.
Inside the walls of Japanese companies, various water-cooler conversations and envelope-stuffing interludes saw Dani develop sub-standard Japanese language skills of which she became improportionately proud.
She subsequently lived in Japan and subjected others to English classes like ‘Idiom Power King’ and seriously shonky Japanese.
Since returning to Australia, Danielle has relocated to the cool-climate Southern Highlands where she savours literature like fine wine and writes a bad novel every decade.
She has a Bachelor of Media Arts & Communications, a Diploma of Journalism, and a Master of Marketing in the works.
Her writing and photographic works have appeared in:
- The Sydney Morning Herald
- The Age
- Central Coast Express
- Southern Highland News
- SOHI
- Bewildering Stories
- Opus
- Jordan’s Crossing Gazette
- a number fiction anthologies
- various blogs under other people’s names
- and three original plays performed by Tantrum Theatre and 2 Til 5.
She has been described as “young, personable, dishevelled.”
You can contact Danielle any time you like. She is always delighted to hear from undiscovered friends.
