JOE MELILLO - Author (book), Co-author (song) Joe Melillo is an aspiring singer/songwriter who recently released his first album 1 Step Toward 1000 Miles, which contains all three Parker songs. He is also an aspiring actor with a few movie and television appearances to his credit. The one thing he doesn't aspire to be is a computer programmer, mainly because he already is one. He is the author of Parker The Platypus and Parker Helps Hubert The Hippopotamus, the first two books in the Parker series, and is extremely proud of their popularity. He lives alone in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The best source of other information about him, including links to his original songs on many download sites, is his Web page at http: //www.joemelillo.net.