Cathy self-published her first picture book in August 2021, FOREVER HOME, illustrated by @ericaleighart. Hungry, cold and alone, two orphaned kittens wonder if they will ever feel safe and loved again. When they are rescued by an animal shelter, they learn that finding their forever home will take patience and a bit of luck.Cathy is currently looking to be traditionally published. She is an active member of SCBWI since 2015, Julie Hedlund’s 12 x 12 Challenge, Boston Authors Club, ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors) and The Writers Loft in Hudson, Mass. She has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul, WellesleyWeston Magazine,Guidepost’s Mysterious Ways.  Her poetry can be found in the Writer's Loft Press Anthologies:  AN ASSORTMENT OF ANIMALS and FRIENDS AND ANEMONES.