About the Author

Roz Silva, a writer, editor, and publicist, sharpened her focus on education when she became a mother. She home-schooled her three sons, Sterling, Peter, and Freddy, as well as her daughter, Francesca, and is now a substitute teacher in her local elementary school district. A devoted grandmother to Italia and Lily, she resides in Chula Vista, California, with her husband, Fred, and two Yorkshire Terrier-mix dogs, acquired by unplanned adoption. Playmates for Puppies is her second children's book, and a "prequel" to one of the stories in her Three Tales, Four Dogs. Roz can be reached at 3tales@daytonpublishing.com. Sue Ann Erickson, a graphic designer and fine artist, is an exhibiting member of the Musconetcong Watercolor Group and a former member of the Del Mar Art Center Gallery. She loves to create characters for the amusement of friends and family, and her illustrations have been published in the SCBWI Bulletin of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Sue has four grown children and lives in Washington, New Jersey. Playmates for Puppies is her second children's picture book. You can see more of Sue's work at www.sueannerickson.com or follow her blog at http: //sueannerickson.blogspot.com. She posts on Twitter as "sueillustrator" and can also be followed on Facebook, where she posts her newest illustrations and watercolors.