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R. Aveen

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Sydney, Australia

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Young Adult, Fantasy, Contemporary

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Originally from Sydney, Australia, R.Aveen now lives in Northern Michigan, USA, with her husband and two cats, Stephen and Caramel (rescue cats who rescued her from long, lonely winters).

She came up with the idea for her novel "Animal Listeners" when still in Australia and chose the NSW south coast locale as it wasn't too far from where she was living. But she started writing the novel in 2020 when already residing in America, which made taking research trips exceedingly difficult. She mostly used memories and the wonders of the internet – luckily, she enjoys doing research. She even took an Animal Behavior course at her local university to help write the animal characters.

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Best Friends Animal Society Review

I’m thrilled that Best Friends Animal Society has posted a wonderful review of my novel, "Animal Listeners".

Best Friends is an amazing organisation that collaborates with local animal shelters and rescue organisations to save the lives of dogs, cats and other animals in America.

Adopting, fostering and volunteering at shelters is an important part of my book, so I was pleased to get such a fantast Read more of this blog post »

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