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Gwen Cooper is the author of the novel Diary of a South Beach Party Girl. A Miami native, she spent five years working in nonprofit administration, marketing, and fundraising. She coordinated volunteer activities on behalf of organizations including Pet Rescue, the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind, the Miami Rescue Mission, and His House Children's Home, and initiated Reading Pen Pals, an elementary school-based literacy program in Miami's Little Haiti. Gwen currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, Laurence. She also lives with her three perfect cats-Scarlett, Vashti, and Homer--who aren't impressed with any of it.
A wonderful book for animal lovers. --Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation <br> Entertaining, heart-warming, and sometimes heart-wrenching....Throughout, Homer entertains with his insatiable curiosity and joie de vivre...I couldn't put the book down and I read half the passages aloud to my husband. I guarantee you'll find the book as engaging as I did. --Catster <br> Moving and inspiring . . . a three-hankie tale of life and the love that can exist between owner and pet. -- Florida Times-Union<br> <br> This memoir about adopting a special-needs kitten teaches that sometimes in life, you have to take a blind leap. -- People<br> <br> Cooper is a genial writer with both a sense of humor and a gift for conveying the inner essence of an animal. . . . The indefatigable feline should be an inspiration to us all. -- The Christian Science Monitor<br> <br> A must-read for anyone who has ever loved an animal. -- Free Lance-Star (VA) <br> A marvelous book! Moving, insig
