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 fromHounding the Pavement, her first novel inA Dog Walker Mysteryseries, 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.