I have some sad cat-and-book-related news. Earlier this month we learned that Frazier, star of my third children’s book, FRAZIER: THE VERY SPECIAL CAT, left his human mom to head for the rainbow bridge. If you’ve read the book you…
A “Very Special Cat” Loses an Eye and Wins Hearts in a Picture Book Launching on National Cat Day

Boston, MA, September 13, 2021 –(PR.com)– Have your children seen a “community cat?” The ASPCA defines them as “outdoor, unowned, free-roaming cats.” Some have never known human companionship, while others are lost or abandoned pets. People can provide food, water, and…
Summer 2021 and a New Book

Time seems to be passing in strange ways; it’s somehow going both quickly and slowly simultaneously. It’s hard to believe we’re more than half-way through 2021, when 2020 felt like it would last forever — and for the first few…
Awaiting a Picture Book I Know I’ll Love: TROUPER by Meg Kearney
The director of the Solstice MFA Program in Creative Writing, Meg Kearney, is the author of a new picture book titled TROUPER. Based on the true story of Meg’s real-life dog, the book chronicles the story of a three-legged dog…