Marlene McKnight KoenigDavid Phillip Parks is the author/illustrator of the children's book, Weather ... It Matters, the co-author and illustrator of David's Castle On Crescent Beach, the illustrator of Kevie Keanu's Walk With Nana and the cover illustrator of My Dad Was S Mean: A Memoir of One of the World's Oldest Baby Boomers by Elizabeth Streb Parks. Wanting to live a balanced life, his interests also include music (plays drums, guitar, bass, and keyboard), inventing, metal working/welding, athletics and nature. He furthered his academic studies at a state university, majoring in meteorology and severe weather. Read More Read Less