Danny Birt

Danny Birt is an American-born Music Therapist and Massage Therapist, but is more widely known as an award-winning author of science fiction and fantasy literary works, and as a composer and performer of filk and other music.

Danny Birt was born and raised in the western half of the United States. He attended high school and junior college at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, NM, Loyola University New Orleans for his bachelor's degrees, and Shenandoah University for his master's degree. Birt is a medical professional in the fields of Music Therapy and Massage Therapy.

Today, Birt is most widely known for his published science fiction and fantasy works, and his published instrumental and parody music. Birt is invited frequently to appear at renaissance festivals and to be a panelist at literary science fiction and fantasy conventions, where he commonly gives live musical performances.

Between a Roc and a Hard Place (Toybox Books, November 2010) is a children’s/YA chapter book about a baby dragon who is abandoned as an egg and is raised by a family of birds (Rocs). The book’s cover art and illustrations are by Swedish artist Richard Svensson.

Between a Roc and a Hard Place has been recognized with the following awards:

The book has been praised by some reviewers for its take on such diverse themes as adoption and environmentalism, but has been criticized by other reviewers as having too advanced a vocabulary for younger readers, yet being too short a story for older readers.

"Pinkbeard" in the anthology Spells and Swashbucklers (Dragon Moon Press, 2012)

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