About the Author and the contributors:

Author:

Sandra Wise ARAD danced and taught ballet in Australia and overseas.
Experiences during this time lead to the desire to write children's books with a dance theme.
Nina Rose and her Dancing Prince follows her first popular book… Nina Rose’s Toes.

Illustrator (Nina Rose and her Dancing Prince):

Julie Parsons BA is a designer for performance, a practising visual artist and a former Spanish dancer who has worked on the design for many successful productions including Transformations, performed by people with Down syndrome. She is currently engaged in an MA and lecturing at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
Email: parsonsjulie@optusnet.com.au

Editor:

Michèle Drouart Phd is a writer and editor and teaches Creative Writing at all levels in Perth WA. She is the author of prize-winning memoir Into the Wadi.
Email: drouart@webace.com.au

Graphic Designer (Nina Rose and her Dancing Prince):

Kandi Terrar BA of Indelible Imprint is a designer and copy writer for small to medium-sized enterprises, specialising in publishing and corporate ID creation. 
Email: info@indelible-imprint.com.au
Web: www.indelible-imprint.com.au

Note from Sandra:

All my thanks to the above and to Jodi B Wise, Adam Sigel and Diana Hammond.
Nina Rose and her Dancing Prince is dedicated to Sol … the Prince of our Stage and his loving family.  Thank you to the inspirational Merrymakers in Sydney and DADAA Inc. in Perth who make these stories happen and to Down Syndrome Association for their support.

links to:
Down Syndrome Association.           DADAA Inc.