Wendy Lyons Sunshine

Wendy Lyons Sunshine, MA, FDM, writes about homecoming--what children and dogs need in the fragile early weeks after they arrive and how caregivers can meet them there.

Sunshine is an award-winning writer and journalist whose books include WELCOME HOME, RESCUE DOG: An Interactive Guide & Keepsake Journal and TENDER PAWS: How Science-Based Parenting Can Transform Our Relationship with Dogs. Endorsed by Dr. Temple Grandin, Tender Paws won the American Society of Journalists & Authors Book Award and the Dog Writers Association of America's Maxwell Medallion.

Sunshine's earlier work includes the bestseller THE CONNECTED CHILD, an ASJA Outstanding Book of the Year that has sold more than 360,000 copies and been translated into multiple languages, and RAISING THE CHALLENGING CHILD. A Family Dog Mediator and shelter board member with a master's degree in technical communication, she combines fact-based rigor with engaging, compassionate storytelling.