[1][2] At the age of 12 he moved to Lynwood, Western Australia where he attended Kinlock Primary School and then Rossmoyne Senior High School.
Parry met his wife at a Friday night youth group with whom he raised three children.
[2] He has worked as a high school English teacher.
[2] In 1995 his second novel Radical Take-offs won the Premier's Prize and the award for best Children's & Young Adult's Books at the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.
[4] He is now currently living in West Toodyay, Western Australia.