Bio: Dorothy Ann Skarles who writes under the byline daSkarles has appeared in a variety of publications. She has published more than 200 articles in trade journals, magazines and newspapers. She earned her first byline as a cooking columnist for a local family-owned newspaper in California. Along with her love for writing Dorothy also loves animals. She once owned a 99 percent wolf from Alaska who lived to be thirteen years old. She hopes one day to write a book about her experiences with this wonderful wild animal.