With more than a half a million pet books in print and hundreds of articles on pets and their care and training to her credit, Nikki Moustaki is considered one of the country's leading pet experts. She also is an award-winning freelance writer, animal trainer, and pet industry expert, and her tireless work feeding shelter pets with her innovative website, The Pet Postcard Project, along with her hands-on rescue efforts and vocal advocacy for homeless animals has led her to be dubbed "Saint Nik."
She has published more than 42 books of nonfiction, primarily on the care and training of pets. Her pet books and articles have been translated into 5 languages. Along with working as a dog trainer, Nikki is one of the country's foremost experts on parrots, having authored more than 24 books on birds and their care and training.
Nikki currently hosts a pet-related cable show on The Beach Channel in Miami Beach, and she hosted, co-produced, and co-wrote the national NBC/MSN show, The Celebrity Pet Dish, with her Miniature Schnauzer, Pepper, as her co-host. She also writes a weekly blog for DogChannel.com called MUTTerings.
A self-professed "pet product geek," Nikki also enjoys working as a consultant for pet product manufacturers, helping them brand, position, and develop their products and succeed in social media. Nikki's two primary interests – writing and animals – collide in her work, allowing her to travel through both the landscape of the literary writer and the interesting world of the pet industry.
Nikki holds an M.A. in creative writing from New York University, an M.F.A. in creative writing from Indiana University, and an M.F.A. in creative writing from NYU. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant in poetry, and has been awarded many national prizes and honors for her writing.
Nikki splits her time between New York City and Miami Beach with her two rescued Schnauzers, Pepper and Zoey, and one rescued Schnoodle named Pearl.
Connect with Nikki at: www.nikkimoustaki.com, www.petpostproject.com,
www.pepperinparis.com, on Twitter @nikkimoustaki or @petpostproject, and on Facebook at facebook.com/moustakinikki or facebook.com/petpostcardproject
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