Pupular Information
It has been more than a decade since Puppies USA left the whelping box, but we still feel pretty spry!
EDITORS
Editor Roger Sipe grew up on an Indiana farm with Collies. He and his tricolored, Billy Joe, roamed the woods and creeks searching for lost treasure (and squirrels to chase).
Managing Editor Nicole Espinola grew up in Southern California, with a mutt named MooMoo and a Miniature Schnauzer named Pepper.
WRITERS
Eve Adamson’s forthcoming projects include a dog treat baking book and a book about Beagles. Find out more about Eve on her website: www.eveadamson.com
Kim Campbell Thornton has a new Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy named Harper, who is 5 months old and “is lots of fun!”
D. Caroline Coile wrote Congratulations! It’s a Dog! Training and Behavior Tips for the Newest Member of Your Family (Barron’s, 2005).
Christina Cox-Evick owns seven dogs, several of which are titled or training in various canine sports. Her newest, a dark sable German Shepherd Dog, is an energetic adolescent who loves to go for walks, swim, play, track and work obedience.
Peter Gerstenzang recently finished a comic screenplay called “Personality Crisis,” about a suburban rock band, set during in the summer of 1974.
Lisa Hanks is a freelance writer based in Southern California. She is the former editor of the Popular Dogs series.
Joan Hustace Walker is the author of The Rottweiler Handbook (Barron’s, 2001) and The Everything Chihuahua Book (Adams Media Corp., 2006).
Susan McCullough is the home/family columnist for Dog Fancy, and a frequent contributor to the Popular Dogs and Popular Puppies series, as well as to Dogs USA and Puppies USA. Visit her website and blog, The Allie Chronicles, at www.susanmc.com
Laurie Meehan-Elmer is a freelance pet photographer and writer living in Seminole, Florida, with her husband and many pets. She is currently working on a book project about photographing pets and a coffee-table book of fine-art pet images. For more information, visit www.lmeimages.com
Last fall, Pat Miller adopted Missy, an 8-year-old red merle Australian Shepherd, and published Positive Perspectives 2: Know Your Dog, Train Your Dog (Dogwise, 2008), her third book.
Karla S. Rugh, D.V.M., Ph.D., is the author of What About Labrador Retrievers: The Joy and Realities of Living with a Lab (Howell Book House, 2003).
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Norvia Behling: http://www.foxhillphoto.com
Paulette Braun: 941-366-6284
Click the Photo Connection: www.clickphotoconnection.com
Close Encounters of the Furry Kind: www.cefkllc.com
Dwight Dyke: dwightdyke@aol.com
Cheryl A. Ertelt: www.photosphrases.com
Tamara Fanter: www.fotopup.photoreflect.com
Jean M. Fogle: www.jeanmfogle.com
Isabelle Francais: http://isabellefrancais-photo.com
Fiona Green: http://fionagreenphotography.com
Cris Kelly: http://members.napanet.net/~ckelly
Pam Marks: www.pawprincestudios.com
Bonnie Nance: www.ruralimagesphotography.com
François Nicaise: www.affixe-editions.com
Mark Raycroft: www.markraycroft.com
Jerry Shulman: www.crittersoncanvas.ca
ILLUSTRATOR
Thomas Kimball has been an illustrator and art director for more than 20 years. BowTie, Inc.’s Illustration Director for the past two, his work often appears in Dog Fancy as well as other publications. See more of his work at www.kimballtom.com
ART DIRECTION
Blue Z Studios is a graphic design studio in Southern California specializing in niche market publications.