Author Biography
Karen Callaway Williams, the producer of RHYTHMS for RUBY, is known for being the first female tap dancer in the international phenomenon RIVERDANCE-THE SHOW and RIVERDANCE-ON BROADWAY. Other Broadway credits include the Tony nominated Duke Ellington Musical PLAY ON. She is a featured performer with several symphony orchestras and in the current documentary BEEN RICH ALL MY LIFE, the story of the SILVER BELLES. DANCE MAGAZINE has heralded her a graceful dream with taps as happy as a song. A charter member of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble, Karen tours nationally with TAP CITY ON TOUR and on Canadian soil with Tap TEL AVIV. She was featured on the cover of FLOW Magazine, in a Black History edition of ESSENCE Magazine and on SESAME STREET. She is married to Michael Williams. The illustrator-Patricia A. Carroll holds a B.A. degree in fashion illustration and fashion merchandising from Centenary College. Look for future work from her, in book II Gabriella and the Tap Dance Floor.
