Danielle teaches in the English program, primarily in the field of creative writing. Danielle is a writer whose first novel, The Alphabet of Light and Dark, won The Australian/Vogel Award Literary Award in 2002 and the Dobbie Award for women writers in 2004, as well as being shortlisted for a range of other prizes. Two of the stories from her most recent book, Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls, were published in the Best Australian Stories anthologies of 2003 and 2005. A collection of contemporary fairy tales for grown-up girls, Rosie Little has been published in the USA, Italy and Russia. In 2007, Danielle adapted one of her short stories, “Elephantiasis”, for the screen. The resultant short film (by Closer Productions) premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2010. In 2004 Danielle was awarded an Australia Council grant for work on her third major creative work, excerpts of which have been published in Griffith Review and the anthology Journeys: Modern Australian Short Stories. Danielle regularly publishes short fiction and journalism in a range of magazines and journals.