Kelli is a coydog (half coyote, half golden retriever) that we found in the desert, not far from our house, on our daily, early morning walk, when she was just a few weeks old.
Sheโs an absolute slave driver. If Iโm not at my desk, writing (where Iโm supposed to be. Always.), sheโll follow me around the house barking and nipping at my heels while she tries to herd me back to my office, which is her absolute happy place because when weโre there, itโs just the two of us (we have eleven dogsโyes, I said elevenโand most of the time itโs just too much community for her). She has the softest, most luxurious fur youโve ever felt in your life which is her curse because everyone who sees her wants to pet her and she absolutely hates it.
Sheโs afraid of the dark and full sends herself off the porch steps rather than try to untangle their trickery. She hates hot dogs (thatโs how you know sheโs weird) and falls into a deep depression every time I leave the house (even if itโs only to check the mail) and greets me at the gate whenever I come home, no matter how late it is. I joke that Iโm her emotional support human and sheโs my writing coach but really, itโs not a joke. Every word I write is a testament to her diligent pursuit of solitudeโeven these.
Maegan Beaumont is the award-winning author of the Sabrina Vaughn thriller series. Her debut novel, CARVED IN DARKNESS was awarded the 2014 gold medal from Independent Publishers for outstanding thriller as well as being named a Foreword Book of the Year finalist and Debut Novel of the Year by Suspense Magazine. When she isnโt locked in her office, torturing her protagonists, sheโs busy chasing chickens (and kids), hanging laundry and burning dinner. Either way, she is almost always in the company of her seven and a half dogsโher truest and most faithful companionsโand her almost as faithful husband, Joe. She also writes hot contemporary romance as USA TODAY best-selling author, Megyn Ward.
