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Lee Charles
Kelley |
Lee Charles Kelley
is a songwriter,
a dog trainer,
and a mystery
novelist. He
lives in New
York City with a
Dalmatian named
Fred. His novels
are best
described as a
combination
murder mystery,
romantic comedy,
and dog training
manual.
The
Detective
Kennel owner and
ex-big city cop
Jack Field cares
more about dogs
than he does
about people --
with the
exception of his
lady-love, sexy
local medical
examiner Dr.
Jamie Cutter.
That's why he
can't stand
around and do
nothing when a
helpless canine
is unfairly
accused . . . of
murder!
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Donna Ball |
Donna Ball
published her
first book in
1982 and since
then has written
close to a
hundred novels
under a variety
of pseudonyms.
She is an avid
dog lover, and
her dogs have
won numerous
awards for
agility,
obedience and
canine musical
freestyle. She
also operates a
dog-training web
site and is a
volunteer puppy
raiser for a
national service
dog
organization.
She lives in the
mountains of
northeast
Georgia with a
variety of
four-footed
companions.
The
Detective
Folks native to
the Smoky
Mountain
community of
Hanover County,
North Carolina,
are as much a
part of the
rugged landscape
as timber
rattlers and
mountain laurel.
That includes
local Raine
Stockton, a dog
trainer and the
ex-wife of a
deputy sheriff,
who knows the
woods as well as
anyone could.
Raine stopped
volunteering for
Search and
Rescue work
after a tragic
loss in the
past.
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Laurien
Berenson |
Laurien has
written eighteen
books, which have
been published in
seventeen
different
languages around
the world. Her
books have
appeared on the
Waldenbooks best
sellers lists and
won the Dog
Writers
Association of
America's Maxwell
Award for Fiction
three times. She
is a member of
Sisters in Crime
and the Mystery
Writers of
America, as well
as the Poodle Club
of America. She
lives in Atlanta,
Georgia, where she
lives with her
husband and their
teenage son,
Chase.
The
Detective:
Divorced mom
Melanie Travis,
school teacher
and breeder of
standard
poodles. Other
characters
include her son
Davey; her Aunt
Peg (also a
Standard Poodle
breeder) and
romantic
interest Sam
Driver.
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Carol Lea
Banjamin |
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Carol Lea Benjamin
is a noted author
about and trainer
of, dogs. A former
detective, Carol
blends her
knowledge dogs
with real life
experience to
create the Rachel
Alexander and Dash
series. Her first
Alexander and Dash
Mystery, This Dog
For Hire, was
honoured with the
Private Eye
Writers of America
Shamus award for
best first P.I.
novel. Other books
in the series
include The Dog
Who Knew Too Much,
A Hell of a Dog
and Lady Vanishes.
The
Detectives:
Rachel
Alexander,
private
detective who
living in
Greenwich
Village teams up
with her pit
bull terrier
Dashielle (Dash)
to solve crimes
in the Big
Apple.
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Susan Conant |
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Susan Conant, a
three-time
recipient of the
Maxwell Award for
Fiction Writing
given by the Dog
Writers
Association of
America, lives in
Newton,
Massachusetts,
with her husband,
two cats, and two
Alaskan malamutes
-- Frostfield
Firestar's Kobuk,
CGC, and
Frostfield Perfect
Crime, CD, CGC,
Th.D., called
Rowdy. She is the
author of thirteen
Dog Lover's
Mysteries, most
recently Evil
Breeding.
The
Detectives:
Holly Winter,
freelance writer
most often
published in
Dog’s Life
magazine, and
her two Alaskan
Malamutes, Rowdy
and Kimmy.
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Virginia
Lanier |
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Virginia Rudd
Lanier was born in
Madison County,
Florida on October
28, 1930. She was
adopted at two
years old and was
raised in
Clearwater,
Florida, which she
names as her home
town. She married
Robert "Hoss"
Lanier and the
couple reared five
sons, moving
often, living in
several different
states. According
to her books,
Virginia Lanier
now lives with her
husband on the
edge of the
Okefenokee Swamp,
in Echols County,
Georgia.
The
Detective:
Jo Beth Sidden,
a bloodhound
trainer who
conducts
searches for
missing persons
in Okefenokee
Swamp and the
surrounding
areas.
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