Deborah Barnes

Deborah Barnes is the author of the award-winning book, Makin' Biscuits - Weird Cat Habits and the Even Weirder Habits of the Humans Who Love Them, as well as Purr Prints of the Heart – A Cat’s Tale of Life, Death, and Beyond, and The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey – A Journey of the Extraordinarily Ordinary. She was the President of the Cat Writers’ Association from 2018 - 2020 and was awarded 2013 Writer of the Year by Friskies Purina. She is also the Secretary of the nonprofit, Pawsitively Humane, Inc. of Miami, Florida, freelance writer for Catster magazine, cat mom to seven fabulous felines who are featured in her blog, Zee & Zoey’s Cat Chronicles, founder of Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, an internationally renowned day devoted to celebrating the memory of those pets loved and lost on August 28 each year, and designer of custom-created cat apparel, greeting cards, and more.