Author Archives: Kristin von Kreisler

The Cardboard Beagle

Good news! I was featured in a podcast by The Dodo. It’s called The Cardboard Beagle. You can can check it out here!

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How I Spent Lockdown

When people ask what I did during lockdown, the answer is easy: I gardened! Every day for many hours. After working at my desk each morning, I went outside and dug and weeded and planted and pruned–and the days flew … Continue reading

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Helping a Pet Through a Breakup

The only thing that can prod me through writing a book is caring about my topic. Everybody knows I care about dogs. But in my new novel, Earnest, I care specifically about dogs’ distress when their people separate and their … Continue reading

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Earnest’s Birthday

Today is the birthday of Earnest, the yellow Labrador retriever in my new novel of the same name! Some of you may be thinking, Wait a minute. He’s fiction. It’s his publication day, not his birthday. But I beg to … Continue reading

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Adopting a Dog

While I have dropped off the earth to write a new novel, a wonderful thing has happened. Bridget, the world’s most beautiful German shepherd, has come to grace my life. Her former people, who deserve withering disdain, dumped her in … Continue reading

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Little Everyday Happinesses

  A week and a half ago, An Unexpected Grace was officially launched at the Eagle Harbor Book Company, my local independent bookstore.  I gave a talk about the novel to a crowd of kind strangers and beloved friends.  Later, … Continue reading

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Why I Write About Animals

In the last few weeks as I’ve promoted An Unexpected Grace, people have asked why I write about animals.  My answer is simple:  There’s no way I could not write about them. I was born on October 4, the feast … Continue reading

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The Healing Power of Pets

  After a stressful day this week, I went to visit my friend Patty.  She wrapped her Chihuahua, Lucy, in a blanket and set her on my lap.  I petted her and watched her eyelids sag closed as she fell … Continue reading

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The Day a Book is Born

I believe that early morning musing is important. I lie in bed in that sleepy zone between my conscious and unconscious, and let hazy thoughts come to me.  Sometimes they arrive as ideas for projects or solutions to problems.  But … Continue reading

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Benevolent Chickens?

Years ago I interviewed a woman who had a sanctuary for needy chickens. She told me about sitting on her porch steps one afternoon and wiping tears off her cheeks. Her favorite in the flock jumped into her lap, cuddled … Continue reading

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