AOB: Who is your key dog character(s) and what kind of dog is he/she? * Kate and Lucie are mixed breed dogs. Wait, now they’re girls. No, they’re dogs! Girls…dogs… girls…dogs! Well, when they’re dogs, Kate is a… Annemarie O’Brien   “Page 69 is a great page to happen upon even though it’s a

  How were you and Harry united? “There once was a puppy nobody wanted. I was told his chocolate-dappled coat wasn’t a desirable color for a dachshund. (Really??) He was tweenie-size, instead of mini. (Shame on you, puppy!) He was getting a little old. (Aren’t we all.) (Coffee With a Canine.)”

ROSIE, A VISITING DOG’S STORY “Rosie the visiting dog enters the Village Nursing Home on Hudson and West 12th Streets softly, slowly, pridefully. She may look like a black-and-white throw rug ….” Robert Lipsyte, NY Times WHAT INSPIRED YOU? AOB: What inspired you to write this story? * I wanted to share Rosie’s story in