Author, journalist and screenwriter Ethlie Ann Vare has been recognized for excellence for her Young Adult nonfiction books (an American Library Award for Mothers of Invention and a Public Library Association Award for Adventurous Spirit), writing for television (a Prism Award for Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda), and for her work as a music journalist (a Maggie Award as the editor of ROCK Magazine.) WOOF! is her first picture book, inspired by her love of dogs and computers.
