Susan Alison lives in Bristol, UK, and writes and paints full-time. She paints dogs, especially Border Collies, Corgis, Whippets and Greyhounds. Every now and then she paints something that is not a dog just to show she’s not completely under the paw - mainly, she’s under the paw... Susan Alison is the Katie Fforde Bursary Award winner for 2011. She has won competition awards for short fiction and sold numerous stories to commercial publications. She writes romantic comedies, urban fantasy, books of illustrated doggerel, and short stories. She has a dog blog (with the occasional non-dog painting) at www.MontyandRosie.blogspot.com and an overhauled website at www.SusanAlison.com and if you’d like to receive her (very occasional) newsletter in the comfort of your own inbox, there is a space to put your email address on any page on her website. Twitter: @bordercollies Facebook: Susan Alison Art