Dan Vallely was born in England of Irish and American descent. He had a love of writing and words since he was young. Dan is an accomplished author, who retired 20 years ago but is back writing. Most known for his Australian Bush poems for children. He sold 600,000 children’s books including the Possum Creek series. There are still some of his original books in both school and local libraries’.

Since his marriage in 2018, Dan and Karla have combined their skills to produce more books, with many exciting manuscripts in development. 

Karla was born in Gisborne New Zealand and is of Māori descent from the East Coast and Irish heritage. She is a mother and grandmother of an incredible group of people.

Her background is in Early Childhood Education and has a deep love for the children. She has always been creative and loves to draw and paint and since retiring now has that opportunity to produce artwork. Karla married Dan Vallely a children’s author, in 2018 and it seemed so natural for them to collaborate on children's literature.