We would especially like to thank Louise Kropach – horse whisperer and human facilitator extraordinaire – who inspired the Dream Riders series with her approach to horses and natural horsemanship, as well as her approach to humans, especially young girls.
Louise also played a key role in the creation of the series, from our first conversations years ago, through hours of lessons and endless cups of tea at her beautiful property in Northern NSW, to the final read-throughs of the manuscript.
While the world of the Dream Riders is completely fictional, it wouldn’t exist without Louise. If you’d like to find out more about her and the work she does, please go to her website at www.louisekropach.com
We’d also like to thank, in no particular order, the following people, who have all contributed in their own unique ways to making the dream of this series a reality:
Linsay Knight, whose enthusiasm and guidance has made this series a joy to work on from the beginning, as well as Janine Quast, Nicola Santilli, Amanda Tarlau and all the team at Walker Books Australia;
Zoe Davis, Vanessa McTyre and Ernie, a special thanks for assisting with the cover image;
Benython Oldfield and Thomasin Chinnery, at Zeitgeist Media Group, for their wise and generous representation and advice;
Adelaide Smilovic Powter, Violet Smilovic Powter, Melita Smilovic, Stephen Powter, Fu-He Viani, Lisa Brockwell, Maurizio Viani, Kyla Slaven, Lou Johnson, Geoff Bloom and Leo Bloom.