By Karna Small Bodman Satchel Page once said, “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” That’s an intriguing question. I recently discovered one clever way to find out. I read an article in The Wall Street Journal about three companies/laboratories who use a DNA sample to estimate...
By Karna Small Bodman This week we are celebrating 6th birthday of our loveable Labradoodle, Cammy, who was named for the heroine in my second thriller, Gambit. She, along with her brother, named for the book’s title, have brought so much joy to our family – although we often admit that “they own...
By Alex Kava In honor of National Dog Month, I want to share how one of my characters—a favorite of readers as well as my own—came to life. Grace is a scrappy, sixteen-pound Jack Russell terrier. In my Ryder Creed series, Creed is a former Marine K9 handler who now owns a training facility...
By Karna Small Bodman Have you ever read a book where a dog is one of the characters? It turns out that our Rogue author, Alex Kava, has written an entire bestselling series featuring a dog, “Grace,” who works with her K9 handling, Ryder Creed and FBI agent Maggie O’Dell to rescue people. In her...
by Alex Kava Spoiler alert! It’s a good thing. It was nine years ago this summer when I decided to write a new series. The latest installment (#11, Stranded) in my long-running FBI profiler series was scheduled for release in August that year. Pre-orders outpaced previous books. The publisher even...
