MARIA GOODAVAGE, a former reporter
for USA Today and the San Francisco
Chronicle, is the editor and featured writer
for one of the most widely read dog blogs
in the world, “For the Love of Dog” at
Dogster.com. She is the author of The Dog
Lover’s Companion to California and The
Dog Lover’s Companion to the San Francisco
Bay Area. She coproduced and wrote an
award-winning children’s video about
dogs and other animals, starring the voice
of Ed Asner. She lives with her family in
San Francisco, and the four-legged guy on
their team is a Lab named Jake.
