Annie Baker holds an M.A. in Counseling Psychology. She brings to her writing her love of animals and years of counseling on issues of grief, guilt, shame, regret, and spiritual crises. Baker has volunteered at the Humane Society of Missouri, the Animal Protective Association in St. Louis, MO, and currently volunteers at The Animal League of Green Valley, Arizona and Equine Voices Rescue and Sanctuary in Amado, Arizona. Many of her prayers in this book spring from personal experience with her beloved dog, Pip, who was diagnosed with heart disease in 2012 and died a few months before the publication of this book in 2015.Donna Rae Yuritic is a certified and ordained animal chaplain, graduate of Emerson Theological Institute in 2005.

Her animal ministry at www. CompassionforCreatures.com offers euthanasia support, grief counseling, and blessings for adoption, healing, and at end of life. Yuritic authored her first book in 2007: Animal Angels, Paws to Remember: How to Talk to Your Children about the Loss of Their Animal Companion. She has been interviewed by NPR, Meredith Vieira Webcast, and Phoenix newspapers. She was featured in Woman's Day magazine and Cesar Millan's magazine, Cesar's Way. She currently volunteers for Home Fur Good Animal Shelter in Phoenix, Arizona.