In Loving Memory

Longtime WPASCBWI member Nancy Ward Balderose passed away from complications due to multiple myeloma on August 25, 2007. Nancy was a children's book illustrator, writer, and a K–12 art educator. It has been said that her work has a certain spiritual quality. She had two author–illustrated books, Pittsburgh: Our City and Once Upon a Pony: A Mountain Christmas. She was a longtime illustrator for Story Friends Magazine.

Nancy held a bachelor's in art education, an associate's in visual communication, a Pennsylvania K–l2 Art Teaching Certificate, and a master's of fine art in creative writing. An avid gardener and community organizer, she touched many people during her life in Pittsburgh. Nancy will be greatly missed by her friends in SCBWI.