After following classical ballet world-wide, the person behind the name Andrea Tonty realized that dance may be forever, but their dancing isn't. There had to be a second career for the second half of life. Graduate school and university teaching led to a career related to dance but without the pain and sweat. Hence this and other books. A famous writer published a detective novel with the subtitle “a love story with detective interruptions.” Following in her footsteps (far, far behind), my novels are offered as “ballet stories with detective interludes,” I hope you will share this joy with me!