Jennifer Basye Sander - The Dog with the Old Soul: True Stories of the Love, Hope and Joy Animals Bring to Our Lives

Elaine Ambrose

Elaine Ambrose is the co-author of Menopause Sucks and Drinking with Dead Women Writers. Her short stories and feature articles appear in several anthologies and magazines, and she owns Mill Park Publishing. She organizes Write by the River writers retreats in Idaho and creates a sassy blog called Midlife Cabernet. Find more details at www.ElaineAmbrose.com.

Hal Bernton

Hal Bernton is a journalist who works for The Seattle Times. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Ann, and their basset hound, Maverick.

Sheryl J. Bize Boutte

Sheryl J. Bize Boutte is a Northern California writer and management consultant. More of her short stories, poetry and commentary can be seen at www.sjbb-talkinginclass.blogspot.com/.

Robyn Boyer

Robyn Boyers daytime job is to write about public policy, politics and people. This is the first story she has written about animals. She lives in Sacramento, California, and has a daughter and a cat.

Maryellen Burns

Maryellen Burns has been involved in the word trade for more than forty years, working with writers, publishers, libraries and booksellers in editing, research, public relations and events planning. Her work has appeared in newspapers, literary anthologies, Smithsonian and Cooking Light. When not writing, shes engaged in helping others get their words on the page and into the marketplace. Visit her at booktalksacramento.blogspot.com.

Kathryn Canan

Whenever the family cabin in Montana is buried in snow, Kathryn Canan lives in California with her husband and two psychotic cats. She is a freelance writer, Latin tutor, and early music teacher and performer; she has recorded CDs of medieval and Renaissance music with Briddes Roune and the New Queens Hapenny Consort. Her masters thesis on Anglo-Saxon medicine has made her one of the few experts in diseases caused by malevolent elves.

Louise Crawford

Louise (AKA L.F.) Crawford writes under both names depending on the genre. In her next Blalize/Zoloski mystery, Blaize of Trouble, Blaize rescues a bulldog after his owner is murdered, wrestles her bra from his slobbery mouth, solves a kidnapping and plans her wedding, all in the same week! For darker suspense/thriller Dexter fans, check out Born in Blood, and for more information visit Crawfords websites: www.lfcrawford.com and www.louisecrawfordbooks.com.

Tish Davidson

Tish Davidson writes and lives with dogs in Fremont, California. Her nonfiction has been published by Scholastic, Adams Media, and many magazines and newspapers. Currently she is writing a mystery novel whose main character is a professional pet sitter. Davidson can be contacted at tish_davidson@yahoo.com.

Trina Drotar

Trina Drotar (poet, writer, visual artist) has been widely published and is currently working on In the Night Garden, a collection of poetry, prose and art. Cats in need always find her. Reach her at TrinaLDrotar@gmail.com.

E. G. Fabricant

E. G. Fabricant writes and lives in Sacramento, California. His first short story collection, Matters Familiar, is available in e-book format from Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Smashwords and Sony. Connect to E. G.s blog and sample stories online at egfabricant.com and follow him as egfabricant on Facebook and Twitter. His email is egf@egfabricant.com; if you prefer pulp over electrons, write to him at P. O. Box 19170, Sacramento, CA 95819-0170.

Chris Fowler

Chris Fowler is a born and bred California girl who divides her time between her devotion to family, the fire department and roller derby. She is an aspiring non-fiction writer. This is her first publication.

Pam Giarrizzo

Pam Giarrizzo is a retired attorney living in Northern California with her husband Phil, a political consultant. Their son, Zack, is a freshman in college. Pam is a founding member of the Sacramento Womens Action Network (SWAN), a giving circle that provides funding to nonprofit organizations serving the Sacramento area. She also serves on the boards of the California Museum for History, Women and the Arts, and the Camellia Network, which assists young people who are transitioning from foster care to adulthood. She is the author of the Sacramento Vegan blog, which identifies restaurants in the Sacramento area offering menu choices for vegans.

Ed Goldman

Ed Goldman is a daily business columnist, the author of 4,000 newspaper and magazine features, three books and the musical Friday@5. His new comedy, Jews Dont Kayak, will be produced in early 2013. Contact him at goldman4@earthlink.net.

Meera Klein

Meera Ekkanath Klein is a writer who lives in Davis, CA with her family. She is currently working on a story about her coon hound, Duke, the original dog of leisure.

Dena Kouremetis

Consumer journalist, author and would-be shrink, Dena Kouremetis loves to examine life from a midlife perspective. She is a national columnist for three channels at Examiner.com, has authored, co-authored and contributed content to dozens of books, and loves to speak to groups about how our online presence says volumes about us. She welcomes visits to her website at communic8or.com.

Charles Kuhn

Charles Kuhn is an accomplished writer in the areas of mystery, non-fiction and adventure. He has published short stories in various magazines, self-published and writes for local writers groups, including the poetry group for the local Sacramento Multiple Sclerosis Association. Mr. Kuhn and his wife reside in Citrus Heights, CA.

Gordon M. Labuhn

Gordon M. Labuhn is the author of Murder Has Two Faces (2011), a feature article journalist for a Detroit newspaper, the screen writer and movie producer of one nationally promoted movie, a winner of the National PR.PI award, and has won first place in the Bayview writers essay competitions in 2008.

Mark Lukas

Mark Lukas, a Soccer Dog Guru, travels nationally with his famous Soccer Collies. The worlds greatest soccer dogs, Ms. Z and BEK, rescued Lukas from old age. Now they bring back child-like behavior to everyone who has forgotten how to be a kid. Not to mention the Soccer Collies help train and adopt soccer dogs as they promote youth soccer and dog rescue. SoccerCollies@gmail.com.

Jennifer ONeill-Pickering

Jennifer ONeill-Pickering is a writer and an artist living in Sacramento, California. Her writing is featured in many publications including Sacramento Anthology: 100 Poems, Earths Daughters, Sacramento News and Review and Medusas Kitchen. Her poem, I Am the Creek, is included in the Sacramento site-specific sculpture, Open Circle. Shes published two books: Poems with the Element of Water and Mandala Art, Poetry, and Instruction. Contact her at her blog, Jennifers Art and Words or at jenniferartist@att.net.

Sue Pearson

Sue Pearson has been a journalist for more than 30 years. Writing is her passion and animals fuel her soul. She has staked out a little piece of heaven on 6 acres in the Northern California foothills where her four horses, two dogs and a cat inspire her every day.

Morton Rumberg

Mort Rumberg was a volunteer at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, Virginia, for eight years, where the story of Hammer was told to him by the director of animal welfare. He has written several novels, one of which has won a national award, and many short stories that have won awards in national competitions. He now resides in Gold River, California, with his American Eskimo dogs, Yuki and Kori. Visit his website at mmrumberg.com.

Finley Taylor

Finley Taylor lives, works and writes in Northern California. She and her husband are thrilled to be expecting twin girls in summer 2012, but Finley will always consider Bridgette her first kid.

Suzanne Tomlinson

Suzanne Tomlinson lives on a ranch tending her beloved horses. She has learned how to be her own best friend and is grateful for the journey that has led her to inner peace.