Maria Goodavage, a former reporter for
USA Today and the
San Francisco Chronicle, is the editor and featured writer for one of the most widely read dog blogs in the world,
For the Love of Dog at Dogster.com. She is the author of
The Dog Lover’s Companion to California and
The Dog Lover’s Companion to the San Francisco Bay Area. She coproduced and wrote an award-winning children’s video about dogs and other animals, starring the voice of Ed Asner. She lives with her family in San Francisco, and the four-legged guy on their team is a Lab named Jake.
Nicole Vilencia became a full-time radio personality right out of high school and has worked for twenty-two years at radio stations across the country. When not rolling dice in Las Vegas, donning a mask for Mardi Gras on the streets of New Orleans, or entertaining radio listeners, she can be found cooking for her daughter in a rambling Ashland, Oregon, farmhouse.