Click on photo below to hear my interview with Lauren Collier of Pet Talk Radio. Her show is called My Dog Digs Dirt.
Peggy Gaffney loves dogs. In her interview, host Lauren Collier discovered when you read her books, you quickly realize that an overwhelming influence in author Peggy Gaffney’s life is dogs. Not just any dogs, but the beautiful white, ancient arctic breed of the Samoyed. These dogs have been a hobby with her for more than forty-five years, as a breeder, trainer and exhibitor of her champion Samoyeds of Westernesse.
It is the Samoyed Dog that is front and center in her suspense novel for dog lovers, FASHION GOES TO THE DOGS. She was recently honored by Sisters in Crime for this debut novel. It has been called Die Hard meets Best in Show by some readers. Set in New York City during the dog show, it is a high speed chase pitting a world of international intrigue against that of purebred dogs. This first novel in the Kate Killoy Mystery series has been honored as a five-star book on Amazon. The second Kate Killoy Mystery PUPPY PURSUIT is scheduled for September, 2016 and will continue to bring the world of dogs to suspense.
This dog influence first showed itself as a business when Peggy, a knitter since childhood
and longtime designer, decided to create a line of dog themed sweaters and accessories to be
worn by her fellow exhibitors of show dogs. Her Kanine Knits were so popular that she then
devised a collection of well over one hundred different designs as knitting patterns. From these
came The Crafty Dog Knits book series making up most of the ten knitting books she has
published aimed at dog and other pet owners. The newest of these is KNIT A KITTEN PURL A PUPPY.
Born and raised on the rocky shores of Connecticut, Peggy split her early careers
between that of teacher and librarian. But it was when she was living in California, putting her
former husband through his PhD, that she encountered Samoyeds and became enamored of
the breed. She returned to Connecticut bringing her young son, a cat and four Samoyeds. These dogs were the foundation of many generations of show dogs. Along the way her Westernesse Samoyeds have won many awards including championships, obedience
titles, and group awards plus, at the prestigious International Competition
in Mexico City and the Samoyed Club of America National Specialty the awards of Best In Show.