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For more information: Cara Jensen, carajensen@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 314.773.2881
Date: July 1, 2005
For Immediate Release
New Novel Features Canine Hero, Global Warming and Human/Canine Co-Evolution
St. Louis, Missouri – Joy Ward just released her new novel of speculative fiction, Haint: A Tale of Extraterrestrial Intervention and Love Across Time and Space (ISBN 1-4120-5675-6). Haint’s “leading man” is a dog, a Weimaraner to be more exact. William Wegman, noted photographer, artist and author of numerous books, contributed the foreword.
The novel is set in a not-too-distant time in the future after global warming has killed off much of the world’s human population. Haint, the Weimaraner, is the one who knows the answers to some of the biggest questions in human history. How did we evolve? Did we have help? In a world torn apart by cataclysmic climate changes, survivors learn answers to these immortal questions as they join together based on their love of various dog breeds. Haint and his mistress Amanda, tell the story of how each in their own way come to the realization of what they mean to each other.
Randy Grim, founder of Stray Rescue of St. Louis, subject of the book The Man Who Talks to Dogs, and author of Miracle Dog highly recommends Haint. “What would the world be like if we tried to understand their mode of communication rather than demanding they adapt to ours? What if they are further evolved and closer to the Divine Source than humans? This fascinating tale of adventure, dog packs, and human survival depends on just this concept.”
Haint is published by Trafford Publishing based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The book is a trade paperback of 202 pages and is available through Amazon.com, the Trafford web site and through the author’s website www.joyward.net. Readers can order Haint through any bookstore by use of the ISBN. The website has more information on availability in different areas. The price is $18.95.
Joy Ward is originally from Memphis. She received a BA in International Relations and an MA in Political Science from Memphis State University. Later, she earned an MSBA in Management from The University of Memphis.
Ward’s writing has been seen in many venues. While in Memphis, she was a regular columnist for Memphis Woman (then Women’s News of the Mid-South) and her work appeared in The Riverfront Times. She was London-based Government Review’s US Editor for Business and Politics. Ward’s writing also appeared in Mother Jones, On the Issues and a number of other national and regional publications. She spent time as the head writer for Commerce Magazine. Ward has also been a consumer psychology consultant for well over a decade.
Ward comes to her love and knowledge of dogs honestly. She was raised in a family of animal aficionados. Besides dogs, her home also hosted horses, goats, chickens, turtles, birds and the occasional small primate. Wegman’s beloved Fay Ray was born in Ward’s family home in Memphis. Ward now lives in the Tower Grove area of St. Louis with her three Weimaraners, Sol, Cloudy and their daughter Star. Annie, a Redbone Coonhound, completes the family.
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For more information: Cara Jensen, carajensen@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 314.773.2881
Date: November 15, 2005
For Immediate Release
World-renowned Canine Ethologist Applauds New Novel Featuring Dogs, Global Warming and Human/Canine Co-evolution
St. Louis, Missouri – Internationally-respected human and canine ethologist Vilmos Csanyi applauds Haint: A Tale of Extraterrestrial Intervention and Love Across Time and Space (ISBN 1-4120-5675-6).
The Hungarian ethologist encourages dog lovers to read the new novel of human/canine co-evolution and symbiosis and survival in a post-apocalyptic future. "I wish much success for Haint! The writer certainly knows dogs and humans as well; everything which she wrote about their relations is correct and is fine writing... I advise everybody who loves dogs to read it."
Csanyi is well known for his current book on canine origins and behavior, If Dogs Could Talk: Exploring the Canine Mind. He is recognized as one of the world’s leading researchers in the area of evolution. His accomplishments include twenty-four books on evolution, genetics, ethology and associated topics, hundreds of published research articles, and leading the way in the study of human/canine co-evolution. Csanyi holds the Chair of Ethology in the Department of Natural Sciences at Hungary’s L Eotvos University. He is also a founding member of and honorary president of the Hungarian Ethological Society. His website is www.vilmos.csanyi.net.
Haint is a different kind of dog story set in a not-too-distant time in the future after global warming has killed off much of the world’s human population. Haint, the Weimaraner, is the one who knows the answers to some of the biggest questions in human history. How did we evolve? Did we have help? In a world torn apart by cataclysmic climate changes, survivors learn answers to these immortal questions as they join together based on their love of various dog breeds. Haint and his human companion Amanda tell the story of how each in their own way comes to the realization of what they mean to each other.
Haint is published by Trafford Publishing based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The book is a trade paperback of 202 pages and is available through Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Powells.com and at or through the many outlets listed on the author’s website www.joyward.net. Readers can order Haint through any bookstore by use of the ISBN. The price is $18.95.
Joy Ward is originally from Memphis, Tennessee. Ward’s writing has been seen in many venues. She was London-based Government Review’s US Editor for Business and Politics. Ward’s writing also appeared in Mother Jones, On the Issues and a number of other national and regional publications. She spent time as the head writer for Commerce Magazine. Ward has also been a consumer psychology consultant for well over a decade.
Ward comes to her love and knowledge of dogs honestly. She was raised in a family of animal aficionados. Besides dogs, her home also hosted horses, goats, chickens, turtles, birds and the occasional small primate. William Wegman’s beloved Fay Ray was born in Ward’s family home in Memphis. Ward now lives in St. Louis with two Weimaraners, Sol and Cloudy. Annie, a Redbone Coonhound, completes the family.
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www.joyward.net
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