We were sorry our out-of town – and out-of-country – contributors and committee member Nancy Brigham couldn’t make it.
A Dog Tales party on January 27, 2024, celebrated the book's authors and their contributions. Here they gather around designer Nancy Daugherty, middle row, far left, who put it all together. Nancy moved to Indiana during the final push for a Christmas release, but returned for the event.
Three members of the Dog Tales editorial committee, from left: Len Charney, “Molly’s Lair;” chair Andrea Cleghorn, “It Started With Mr. Perkins,” and Kevin Fahey.
Standing: Authors Gene Kalb, “Are Dogs Just Studying Us?” and Len Charney. Seated: Book designer Nancy Daugherty, and author Mariana Stone, “Emotional Support Dog.”
Standing: Author Bob Udulutch, “The Fate of Spot and Smudge,” designer Nancy Daugherty, and author Ann Jaroncyck, “Promises Kept and Broken.” Seated: Committee member Liz Banks, left, and author Lynne Abensohn, “The Abominable Snowman and a Vanishing Act.”
Author Emeline Lo-Piliero, “My Hero, the Amazing Maisie” from the Dog Tales’ Kids’ Corner, center, with, from left, her aunt Susan Lincoln, her grandmother Judy Piliero, her aunt Jen Piliero, from the Caring Canines organization and author of “Our Caring Canine,” with Nancy Daugherty.
Author Donna Ricci, “The Beagle Rescuer,” and Nancy Daugherty.
Authors Susan Ellis, “Our Mountain Girl Awaits,” and Brenda Riddell, “Lost and Found.”
Authors and guests: Seated from left, Donna Keefe, “My Dog Danced;” Jon Claflin, “Midnight Rescue;” Sue Claflin; Helen Morse, “Adorable Psychopath.” Standing from left, Len Charney, “Molly’s Lair;” Donna Ricci, “The Beagle Rescuer;” Susan Ellis, ”Our Mountain Girl Awaits;” and committee member Kevin Fahey.
Authors Donna Keefe, “My Dog Danced,” and Susan Ellis, “Our Mountain Dog Awaits."
After lunch and before dessert, a time to get to know each other in the Bacon Room of First Parish on the Common, Bedford, Massachusetts.
Susan Lincoln and author Jenny Stewart, “My Heart and the Quiet Ones.”
Author Bob Udulutch, “The Fate of Spot and Smudge,” with Allison Caputo, and Helen Morse, “Adorable Psychopath.”
Author Ben Peterson, “Another Round of Nellie.”
Judy Piliero with authors Emeline Lo-Piliero and Andrea Cleghorn.
Nancy Daugherty and Helen Morse, “Adorable Psychopath.”
Celebration chefs and authors Len Charney and Andrea Cleghorn.
Official cake of the Dog Tales celebration, with Scooby-Doo human biscuits and RCA Victor Nippers on top from the baker’s collection of canine salt-and-pepper shakers.
“Dog Tales: An Unleashed Collection of True Stories” is a collection of 33 never-before-published essays about dogs and the humans around them. If you have had dogs you know what surprising creatures they are. Dog lovers and non-dog lovers alike will be drawn in by the canines they meet on these pages. The tales -- only one per author -- are engaging, told with widely diverse styles and tones. Some will make you laugh, others will break your heart, some will do both.
Published on December 15, 2023, “Dog Tales” is available through Amazon.com.