Doing the Dinosaur Dip
About the Author

Nancy D'Aleo-Russey

Nancy Russey wrote her first play at 9 years old. She has always loved writing, but it became a passion when she was inspired to write stories for her own children. As an avid read-aloud parent, she enjoyed reading the roles of story characters with excitement in her voice. This lead to a love of writing plays. Three of her plays have been produced and performed at Equity Wavier Theaters in Los Angeles; It's Raining on Hope Street, Waitress Nightmare, and Solitary Rose.

Nancy also wrote The Adventures of Micaiah Mouse which was successfully published and she is awaiting the publishing of two of her additional children's stories in well-known magazines, Boys Quest, and Lady Bug. A native of California, Nancy currently lives with her husband and two children in Southern California.

Sheryl Rogers

I was born and raised in Oregon. I loved to draw at a very early age. Crayons and pencils where my first best friends. I could always rely on them to take me away to a place I loved to be. After high school I chose not to go to college, but instead started a career in banking. I married the man of my dreams in 1980. We moved to Sunnyvale California in 1984. Leaving Oregon and moving to the Silicon Valley was a huge change for me. I have a son and a daughter. I left my banking career behind to raise my children.

We got our first computer in 1988, and just like that box of crayons, it too could take me to a place I truly love. When my daughter turned two I decided to go to college to study Art/Graphic Design. In January of 1994 after completing college I got my first graphics job with an engineering company. Over the last nine years I have worked in three very successful engineering firms where I did technical illustration, cartooning, and graphic design. In August 2001 my family and I relocated to a city 20 miles north of Sacramento California. I think I have finally found my perfect space in this world.