Judi McCoy’s romance novel, I Dream of You, debuted in 2001 and was a bestseller. An avid animal activist, McCoy donates all royalties earned from Hounding the Pavement, her first novel in A Dog Walker Mystery series, to Best Friends in Kanab, Utah, the largest no-kill shelter in the US. Every year, she teaches a two-day "Aspiring Author" course at the Romantic Times convention and she regularly speaks to writing groups across the country.