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- Are those "10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About JoAnn" in your bio really true?
- A lot of your characters have dogs. Do you?
- You look familiar. Did we go to school together?
Are those "10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About JoAnn" in your bio really true?
Absolutely. Especially the one about the chocolate.
A lot of your characters have dogs. Do you?
We’ve always rescued dogs, going back to the days when they were called Pound Mutts. We lost the Shih Tzu poodle mix who was the inspiration for Gabe’s dog in One Summer, after sixteen wonderful years of dog love in March, 2017, then his adopted Maltese poodle mix brother, who was also sixteen, three months later. Since we missed having a dog in our home, we rescued a wonderful eleven-year-old Australian shepherd named Angel, over Thanksgiving weekend, 2017. She was perfectly named by her previous owner, who unfortunately had to go into assisted living. She truly is an angel of a Golden Paws pup who’ll be making her first book appearance as a rescued dog in Snowfall on Lighthouse Lane, in October, 2018. We’ve also had several cats over the years and, despite Disney’s less than flattering portrayal in Lady and the Tramp, we’re especially fond of Siamese.
You look familiar. Did we go to school together?
If you attended Peterson Elementary, Altamont Junior High, or Klamath Union High School with JoAnn or Joni Brown, you did. If you attended Glendale Community College or Arizona State University with JoAnn Ross, that would also be a yes.
