After her a highly praised collection of stories, We Love Anderson Cooper, R.L. Maizes wrote a successful novel, Other People’s Pets. Her stories and essays have been published widely and she is the recipient of a number of prizes and fellowships. Maizes was born in Queens, New York, and lives in Boulder County, Colorado, with her husband and her muses: Rosie, a rescue dog, and the ghost of Arie the Cat.