Pet Spotlight: Sara Paretsky

My girl Callie came to us when she was 10 weeks old. She was active, playful, lived to swim. Like all Goldens, she needed a lot of time with her people. If I was working too long and she was feeling lonely, she would hide something of mine, like a shoe, and then...

Pet Spotlight: Terrill Lee Lankford

Name - Maddie, aka Tuna Breath, aka The Faker breed - Hollywood Street Cat Age – Kitten. Specific age undetermined. How did she come to be a part of your life? Two weeks ago I was going to work at Red Studios where we are filming the BOSCH TV show. It was boiling...

Pet Spotlight: Laurien Berenson

I’ve had the great good fortune to live my life surrounded by animals which probably explains, at least in part, why I love writing about them so much. I learned at an early age that people can be difficult, but dogs are always just right. My first dog was our...

Pet Spotlight: Linda O. Johnston

I'd like to introduce you to my two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Lexie and Mystie. They've owned me for a while and have me very well trained. Oh, you mean I'm supposed to train them? Maybe so. But since I'm now a full-time writer and am home a lot of the time,...

Pet Spotlight: R.N. Morris

Molly on my back. Writing can be a lonely business. It’s just you and the blank screen. I was lucky though because I had Molly to keep me company. I’m not sure whether Molly saw herself as my muse or my writing partner. Being a cat, she probably had an agenda of...

Pet Spotlight: Donna Andrews

Well, I don't own any pets, but I am a pet aunt. Name: Ginger (nicknames Gingie and The Ginge) Breed: Shih tzu Age: about two and a half How she became part of my life? My brother's family gave in to the nephews' begging for a dog, and my sister-in-law's research...