Unlike most of the homeless kids, Ivan did not join one of the many gangs of children living in the underground railway stations. As a result, there were tens of thousands of homeless children and teens living and doing their best to survive on the streets of Moscow and St. Although we tend to think of the Soviet Union’s fall as a good thing, it was devastating to the people of Russia. The book takes place in Moscow in the mid-1990s, after the fall of the Soviet Union. The Dogs of Winter is based on the true story of Ivan Mishukov, a very young homeless child in Russia. Tell us about your next book, “The Dogs of Winter”.
Being an author is not for the faint of heart, nor for the impatient. From first draft to publication in March of 2011, it took about three years.
That first draft was followed by quite a number of revisions and rejections. Plus, I still work a day job (I’m a librarian in my “other life”). It took about nine months to write the first draft. How long did “A Dog’s Way Home” take you to write? I can certainly relate to the shedding and barking! My Sheltie, Lady, seems to have missed the part about being aloof with strangers, though. They’re not for everybody, though: they shed a lot and they bark a lot! They also, generally speaking, are great family dogs. They bond strongly to their people but can be aloof with strangers. They are also extremely loyal and very smart. They herded sheep mostly, and they also served as sentry dogs, alerting the crofters when a stranger came on their land. Shelties were originally bred as herding dogs on the wild and cold Shetland Islands off the northern end of Scotland. What are some of their characteristics? What makes them unique? I asked myself, “What if they had to survive on their own in the wilderness?” I knew Boo would be okay, at least physically.
I watched how differently they interacted with their environment and with me-Boo always off-trail where I can’t see her, hunting, and Teddy never farther than six feet from me. I started thinking about the story one day when I was hiking with the two of them way up in the mountains. It was inspired specifically by two of my dogs, my Shetland Sheepdog, Teddy, and my coyote mix, Boo. It’s a celebration of the two things I have always loved most in the world since I was a child: books and dogs. I like to say A Dog’s Way Home is my personal love letter to my dogs and to all the classic dog books I read growing up, like Lassie Come-Home and T he Incredible Journey. What gave you the inspiration for A Dog’s Way Home? Today, author Bobbie Pyron is here to answer a few questions. This book is the story of a Sheltie’s journey back to his beloved girl. Last Friday I posted a book review for A Dog’s Way Home.
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