Amy Shojai is the award-winning author of 23 nonfiction pet books that cover furry babies to old-fogies, first aid to natural healing, and behavior/training to Chicken Soup-icity. Amy is a nationally recognized authority on cat and dog behavior and care.
You’ll find Amy as the Puppies Guide at puppies.About.com, and the cat behavior expert at cats.About.com. She also writes features for AOL's PawNation.com and Huffington Post, provides a weekly PETiQuette newspaper column, and hosts a weekly half hour Internet radio Pet Peeves show. Amy appears in a twice monthly Pet Talk feature at KXII-TV and appears as a pet expert on Animal Planet's DOGS 101 and CATS 101.
She is a co-founder and past president of the international Cat Writers' Association, a dog and cat certified member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, a member of the Dog Writer's Association of America, Inc., a past president and honorary lifetime member of Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc., and an active member of International Thriller Writers. As a spokesperson for the pet products industry she’s worked with such companies as Sergeant's Pet Care, HomeAgain.com, iVillage.com, Petside.com, PetsBest.com, Purina and others.
Amy frequently lectures at conferences about writing as well as a variety of pet-related issues. She’s been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and in USA Weekend, The New York Times, Washington Post, Reader's Digest, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Woman's World, and many other leading newspapers and magazines.
You’ll also find Amy on a variety of social media venues. You can “Like Amy” on Facebook, “Follow Amy” on Twitter, “Connect” with her on LinkedIn, and subscribe to Amy’s Bling, Bitches & Blood Blog where she blogs 4-5 times a week on all-things-pets, bloody-good writing tips, and some serious sparkle-icity. (She cain’t hep it, she’s from Texas!) Her first co-authored musical play will be professionally produced in early 2012, and she’s currently working on her debut thriller novel featuring—what else?—pets!
Jena
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September 23rd, 2011 5:41 pm
Thanks for introducing me to Amy. As an aspiring animal writer, I'll definitely be on the lookout for writing tips on her blog!