Andrea Thalasinos is author of An Echo Through the Snow, Traveling Light and Fly By Night. Her latest novel, The Loneliness of Horses is due for release March 21, 2025.  Born and raised in New York City, she currenty lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her two Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers.  Her fiction blends mystery, history, and psychological depth by exploring the animal/human connection and how this most ancient of relationships is often the conduit to a greater understand and connection with each other.  She spent almost 9 years on the back of a dogsled with her team of six Siberian Huskies until they aged out of running when she traded the dogsled for an English saddle and an older quarterhorse named, Cowboy.  For 20 years she's been an avid animal rescue person and has been active in the animal community.