Danielle Clode is an award-winning author, biologist, and research fellow at Flinders University. She grew up on a boat, worked in zoos, museums and universities and has spent many years as a freelance researcher, editor, writer and teacher. Her first book on French exploration, Voyages to the South Seas, won the 2007 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-fiction, and most recently The Wasp and the Orchid was shortlisted for the 2019 National Biography Award.Danielle Clode is an award-winning author, biologist, and research fellow at Flinders University. She grew up on a boat, worked in zoos, museums and universities and has spent many years as a freelance researcher, editor, writer and teacher. Her first book on French exploration, Voyages to the South Seas, won the 2007 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-fiction, and most recently The Wasp and the Orchid was shortlisted for the 2019 National Biography Award. A voyage of discovery, nature and untold histories - in the vein of Clare Wright, Edmund de Waal and Helen Macdonald.