<p>Deborah Barnes resides in South Florida with her fiancé and feline family of seven. She is the author of <em>Makin' Biscuits - Weird Cat Habits and the Even Weirder Habits of the Humans Who Love Them</em>; <em>Purr Prints of the Heart – A Cat’s Tale of Life, Death; and Beyond;</em> and <em>The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey – A Journey of the Extraordinarily Ordinary;</em> as well as the award winning cat-related blog, <em>Zee & Zoey’s Cat Chronicles</em>.<br />
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She is the Vice President of the Cat Writers’ Association and was awarded 2013 “Writer of the Year” by Friskies Purina. She was also honored with the Adopt-a-Shelter Cat Award in 2016 from Adopt-a-Shelter.com for her article “Any Cat Can be a Feral Cat, Even Yours” and is the Secretary of the nonprofit, Pawsitively Humane, Inc. of Miami, Florida.<br />
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Her freelance work has been featured in <em>Cat Fancy</em> magazine, <em>Kittens 101</em>, <em>Catster.com</em>, <em>BlogPaws.com</em>, <em>TheCatSite.com</em>, and the <em>American Association of Human-Animal Bond Veterinarians </em>newsletter.</p>
