I created Doobi & Pips — a grumpy-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside brown chow and the cream-colored sweetheart with the cherry clip who keeps him on his toes.

It started as a wordless story: a message in a bottle, a bonk on the head, an apology over coffee and cake, and a slow blossom into love. No dialogue needed.

Since then it's grown into cozy everyday adventures, and a big haunted coloring book saga where monsters are more silly than scary — and Doobi & Pips are hiding somewhere in most of my books. Can you find them all?

I make books for people who like their cute with a little chaos, their spooky with a lot of heart, and their love stories without a single word.