title: Animals Welcome: A Life of Reading, Writing and Rescue
author:  Peg Kehret 
description: Peg Kehret is the winner of more than forty state young reader awards. She lives in Washington State with her rescued dog and two rescued cats.
zlib_text: [**A CKNOWLEDGMENTS**](WhatHappenedto_toc.html#ackn-1)
  
  
  As ever to my wonderful agent, Scott Treimel, for taking such good care of me.
  To Andrea Spooner, my editor, who gave me a shovel, taught me to dig and did
  it so graciously. To Sangeeta Mehta, the assistant editor that kept us both
  sane. Deb Vanasse, thanks for the early read and catching the big
  inconsistency. Pam Whitlock for listening to me read this thing over and over
  when she should have been resting.
  
  
  And to the memory of my most steadfast writing companion, Jack London, my
  Great Pyrenees, who sat by my feet through every revision of every book I've
  had published right through this one. Yes, I'm aware he was a dog, but he was
  my muse and my companion, and he wouldn't let me out of my chair until I was
  finished. I miss him.
  
  
  And to Little, Brown—thanks for having me.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  GAIL GILES might not be claustrophobic, but she was inspired to write _What
  Happened to Cass McBride_ when she was snowbound at home in Alaska. “I wa