![]() While Baxter (the dog in Dear Beast) has elements of Mouse’s personality, he is not Mouse. ![]() The real Simon is the most vocal cat you’ll ever meet! Yes, the Kevan Atteberry who also illustrates this series! Simon from Dear Beast is not only named after my daughter’s cat, Simon he is Simon. That’s where Dear Beast began.īy the way, my daughter got her cat from my friend and critique buddy, Kevan Atteberry. I’m pretty sure he smelled the cat on her, and I started to imagine what he might say to the cat if he could talk to him. The first time she came over after she got her cat, Mouse would not leave her alone. ![]() He saw her through her teen years, then she moved out and eventually adopted a cat. Our daughter was fourteen when we adopted Mouse. Everything King thinks, says and does is exactly what I imagine Mouse would do in a similar situation. My dog Mouse didn’t just inspire these series. But I needed to write the Buddy Files to get to King & Kayla. Now that I’m eight books into the King & Kayla series, I think these dog-centered mysteries work better as early readers than they did as chapter books. King & Kayla is a prequel to the Buddy Files. Thus my 7-book Buddy Files series was born. Therapy dogs meet lots of people who have a variety of problems to solve. While I was training him to be a therapy dog, I realized a therapy dog could make a great character in a book or series of books. I wouldn’t have written the Buddy Files, King & Kayla or Dear Beast series if not for my dog, Mouse. ![]()
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