About the Publisher

Maureen Harmonay, the publisher of Animal Empathy Imprints, is a lifelong animal lover and professional animal communicator who conducts telepathic consultations with animals under the auspices of Animal Translations.   She writes and publishes a free monthly eNewsletter, What’s Up With Animals?, with animal communication tips, book reviews, and profiles of animals and the people who love them.

She is also the founder of the “Finding Animals Stolen Tipline” (FAST New England), an online clearinghouse whose purpose is to publicize the stories of individual animals who have been stolen in the New England area, and share information that may lead to their safe recovery.

Maureen volunteers with New England English Springer Spaniel Rescue and serves as its Massachusetts Adoption Coordinator.   She is extremely fortunate to be able to share her life with Ashley,  the sweetest Golden Retriever in the world, and Casey the miracle cat (who are depicted in one of our signature cards), Tish, an irrepressible English Springer Spaniel, Neil, an orange tiger cat who thinks he’s a dog, Glenda, an elusive Torti cat, and Hayley, a retired Premarin-producing mare who was adopted through Bay State Equine Rescue.

About the Artist

Gail Bloom is a working artist and resident of Leominster, Mass., currently engaged as Outreach Coordinator for the Director of Arts and After School Programming in Fitchburg. As an active member of the Fitchburg Cultural Alliance she keeps well connected to the arts and the local communities.

Gail studied at the Pratt Institute and the School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston.  She has won many awards for her paintings and her community projects. In 2001 she was named Millennium Artist of the city of Fitchburg.  The following year the Millennium Committee, city and state officials honored her with the Massachusetts House of Representatives "Founding Artist Award " for her outstanding creative work and her support of art initiatives in the city.

She feels fortunate to be collaborating with Maureen as the artist for Animal Empathy Imprints. “One of my most successful children’s portraits was from a group of sessions with a girl named Emily and her dog, Molly, who was my first animal to became part of a child’s portrait. I am especially interested in the natural luminosity of the compassion I see in animals.”

“To me, everything is about nostalgia or romance…..which animals easily personify, one way or another”.