ABOUT THE AUTHOR

As a California native, Dennis Salazar realized early he wanted the art of storytelling and illustrating as a part of his life.He comes from a large family, number five of nine children to be exact. with talented parents who encouraged hisi imagination, even as a young boy.

Dennis said it seems a lifetime ago he would write and tell his own children bedtime stories and show sketched images. Years later, they would tell their own stories to their own children.

Storytelling is an art, an art and talent in which anyone and many recognize in their family. He hopes to be apart of your family with this story.

Ashleigh Heyns was born in Zimbabwe but grew up in South Africa. She always wanted to tell stories and be an artist and ended up doing just that in so many different ways. She is still quite new to publishing but has been writing and illustrating books for many years, seeing and learning what works and what doesn’t work. She is now a school Librarian. She has three children, a son and two daughters, and a kind and understanding husband, Zane.

Collage is the medium Heyns used to create Squeaky Clean. She paints sheets of different types of paper in fun colours that go well together and think up interesting patterns she can put on them; once they’re painted up and dry, she cuts the paper into the shapes needed and sticks them together to build the illustration.