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CWA
Media Contacts
The following
Cat Writers' Association members welcome general cat care media inquiries.
Official CWA Spokesperson and Board of Directors are noted. The views
of CWA members are their own and do not necessarily represent the views
of CWA.
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CWA
MEDIA SOURCES
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Contact: Moira Anderson Allen
Email: mkallen@best.com
Areas of Specialty: care/health
Regular Contributor: "Cats"
Books Authored: "Coping with Sorrow on the Loss of Your Pet" (Alpine Publications, 1996)
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Contact: Darlene Arden
Title: Freelance Journalist, Author, Lecturer
Email: Daar@aol.com
Areas of Specialty: behavior/training, care/health, animal welfare issues
(i.e., shelter care, breed rescue, etc.), nutrition
Regular Contributor: 5+ dog and cat publications, plus women’s
magazines including "Cats"
Books Authored: "The Irrepressible Toy Dog"
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Contact: Maryjean Ballner
Title: Author, Lecturer, Animal Shelter Volunteer
Email: maryjean@dogandcatmassage.com
Website: www.dogandcatmassage.com
Areas of Specialty: cat massage and dog massage
Books Authored: "Cat Massage: A Whiskers-To-Tail Guide to Your Cat’s
Ultimate Petting Experience," "Dog Massage" (St. Martins Press)
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Contact: Michael Brim
Title: CFA Public Relations Director
Email: mwb@cfainc.org
Areas of Specialty: lifespan of cats, health issues, breeders, breed information,
"rest" homes for cats
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Contact: Ginger S. Buck
Title: Freelance Photography, Public Relations
Email: katzmom@earthlink.net
Areas of Specialty: animal photography
Regular Contributor: "Catnip" (Belvoir Publications, Inc.)
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Contact: Wendy Christensen
Title: Writer and Illustrator
Email: Christensen@catlas.mv.com
Website: www.wendychristensen.com
Areas of Specialty: living with groups of indoor cats (including behavior,
training, care, health and housekeeping issues); cats in art, literature, mythology,
history, and culture; award-winning feline illustration and portraits
Books Authored: "The Humane Society of the U.S. Complete Guide to Cat Care" (St. Martin’s Press, 2002), "Outwitting Cats" (The Lyons Press, 2004), "Why Cats Do That" (illustrator, Willow Creek Press, 2001)
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Contact: Christine Church
Title: Award-Winning Author/ Novelist, Actress (TV Commercials, Public
Speaking) Host of "The Wonderful World of Dog Obedience."
Email: cat-writer@snet.net or fantasy-writer@snet.net
Website: www.chritstinechurch.net
Areas of Specialty: care of indoor-only cats, behavior, cat therapy training cats
and other pets to get along, health (particularly caring for cats with cancer,
handicapped and aging cats) pet rat care and training
Books Authored: "Housecat; How to Keep Your Indoor Cat Sane and Sound" (Howell Book House, 1998) best seller, "Indoor Cats" (TFH Publications, 2001) winner: Iams Responsible Pet Care Award, "Your Outta Control Cat" (TFH Publications, 2003)
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Contact: Karen Commings
Email: kcomming@epix.net
Areas of Specialty: behavior/training, care/health, breed, shelters
Regular Contributor: Pets.com
Books Authored: "Shelter Cats"
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Contact: Steve Dale
Titles: Syndicated Newspaper Columnist (Tribune Media Services), Contributing
Editor "USA Weekend," Program Host "Animal Planet Radio" and "The Pet News"
(syndicated); and "Pet Central," WGN Radio, Chicago. TV Guest and Frequent Contributor on WGN-TV Chicago and WMAQ-TV Chicago
Email: PetWorld@aol.com
Areas of Specialty: pet behavior
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Contact: James Edwards
Email: sphynxje@cs.com
Areas of Specialty: individual purebred breeds, especially extinct, unique, and new breeds, keeping kittens and cats, tricks and secrets of breeding and showing cats, diseases and inherited conditions
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Contact: Susan Bard Hall
Title: Freelance Writer
Email: susanandnormanhall@prodigy.netAreas of Specialty: cats (esp. Persians), travel destinations, hotels, traveling with cats
Books Authored: "Purr-fect Places to Stay: Bed and Breakfasts,
Country Inns and Hotels with Resident Cats" (Letters Etcetera, 1999)
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Contact: Louise Holton
Title: Founder of Alley Cat Rescue, Inc.
Email: laholton@aol.com
Website: www.saveacat.org
Areas of Specialty: cat rescue, feral cats, rabies control, zoonotic diseases, raising orphan kittens, taming feral kittens, behavior/health, animal welfare issues, the no-kill issue
Publications: Editor, "Cat Chat," the official Alley Cat Rescue newsletter, winner of CWA Muse Medallion
Books Authored: "Feral Cat Colony Management & Control: Facts and Myths about Feral Cats," (winner of CWA Muse Medallion)
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Contact: Susan McCullough
Title: Freelance Writer
Email: susan.mccullough@mindspring.com
Areas of Specialty: health, care, behavior
Regular Contributor: "Washington Post"
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Contact: John McGonagle
Email: jjm@hilicongroup.com
Areas of Specialty: pedigreed cats: breeding, owning, judging, breeder of
Japanese bobtail cats since 1988; showing pedigreed and household pet cats since
1980; license judge of pedigreed cats since 1995
Books Authored: "Multiple-Cat Households" (TFH, 2000), "Robinson’s Genetics for Cat Breeders and Veterinarians" (4th Ed. 1999, Butterworth-Heinemann), "Breeding Pedigreed Cats" (Howell Book House, 1997)
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Contact: Dr. Shawn Messonnier
Title: Authur, Veterinarian
Email: naturalvet@juno.com
Website: www.petcarenaturally.com
Areas of Specialty: veterinary medicine, natural/holistic/alternative health issues, zoonotic diseases (diseases transmitted from animals to people), guest on radio, print, and TV, regularly writes articles/columns on pet care
Books Authored: "The Allegory Solution for Dogs," "The Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats," and "8 weeks to a Healthy Dog"
Regular Contributor: "The Holistic Pet," distributed by Knight Ridder
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Contact: Amy D. Shojai
Title: Founder, CWA President Emeritus
Email: amy@shojai.com
Areas of Specialty: behavior/training, mainstream & "natural" care/health, aging, pet issues, and first-aid
Books Authored: "Complete Care for Your Aging Cat (…Dog)" (NAL), "First-Aid Companion for Dogs & Cats" (Rodale Press), "New Choices in Natural Healing for Dogs & Cats" (Rodale Press)
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Contact: Kari Winters
Email: remilove2002@yahoo.com
Areas of Specialty: feline breed rescue and feline asthma, volunteer with CA. Siamese Rescue (CASR)
Books Authored: "Princess Fiona: My Purrsonal Story"
Regular Contributor: "The Pet Press"
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