Find out more about Arden by clicking below to view a PDF of her new brochure.
Inside (210Kb)	Outside (198Kb)

Arden Moore

PO Box 2727  Oceanside, CA 92051
Fax: (760) 433-2940
Email Arden

CAREER HISTORY

June 1999 – Present:

Freelance editor and writer, specializing in health, pets, travel, golf, home repairs, science, and business topics for web sites, books, magazines, and trade publications. Also animal behavior consultant.

Professional speaker, specializing in the topics of writing, interviewing, networking, and sharing our lives with dogs and cats.

Editor: Catnip magazine, published monthly in affiliation with Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and circulated nationally. In charge of working with a team of writers and photographers, designing and producing this 24-paged, ad-free publication.

Editor: Fido Friendly magazine, published bimonthly. This four-color, glossy magazine is aimed at people who travel coast to coast – and throughout the world – with their well-behaved dogs.

Magazine and Web Site Contributions: Arden’s writing has been featured in more than 100 national and international magazines, newspapers as well as on web sites. These include Palm Springs Life, Prevention, Costco ConnectionPebble Beach: The Magazine, Your Dog, Popular Dog Series, Dog Fancy, Cat Fancy, Fido Friendly, Puppies USA, Kittens USA, Cats USA, Veterinary Practice News, Organic Style, Grand, Orlando Unleashed, Dogs for Kids, Palm Desert, Pet Product News, Better Homes & Gardens, Discovery.com, NurseZone.com, and PetsMart.com.

Radio: Host of "Oh Behave!" on Pet Life Radio (www.petliferadio.com).

Pet Columnist: for Prevention magazine, the nation's largest circulated monthly health publication from 2000 to 2004.

Project Editor: Prevention's Healing Herbs and Prevention's Fit & Firm At 40-Plus, both are 96-paged magazines.

Author: The Cat Behavior Answer Book (Storey Books, 2007), The Dog Behavior Answer Book (Storey Books, 2006), Clicker Training (BowTie Press, 2005), Obesity (BowTie Press 2005), Doggy Day Care (BowTie Press, 2005), Dog Parties: How to Party with Your Pup (BowTie Press, 2004), Healthy Dog: The Ultimate Fitness Guide for You and Your Dog (BowTie Press, 2004), Tricks and Games (BowTie Press, 2004), The Art of Come, Sit, Stay (Bow Tie Press, 2004), Dog Training: A Lifelong Guide (BowTie Press, 2002), Real Food for Dogs (Storey Books, 2001, revised 2007), The Kitten Owner’s Manual (Storey Books, 2001) The Big Book of Cat Secrets (www.catsecrets.com), 50 Simple Ways To Pamper Your Cat (Storey Books, 2000), and 50 Simple Ways to Pamper Your Dog (Storey Books, 2000).

Co-author: Planet Cat with Sandra and Harry Choron (Houghton Mifflin 2007), Happy Dog: How Busy People Care for Their Dogs with Lowell Ackerman, DVM (BowTie Press, 2003), Never Act Your Age with Dale L. Anderson, M.D. (Beaver Pond Press, 2002), Nature's Virus Killers with Mark Stengler, N.D. (M.I. Evans Publishing, 2000) and Herbs That Heal with Bridget Doherty (Rodale Press, 1999).

Booklets: Created and wrote 70 Tips To Welcome Your Newly Adopted Dog into Your Life, 70 Tips To Welcome Your Newly Adopted Cat into Your Life, and 86 Tips To Better Bond With Your Pet. To order, just visit www.tipsbooklets.com.

Contributing book writer: Five Minute Fixes (Readers Digest, 2004), Shameless Shortcuts (Yankee Publishing, 2003), Cut the Clutter, Stow the Stuff! (Yankee Publishing, 2003), Now That’s Ingenious! (Yankee Publishing, 2002), And Thou Shalt Honor (Rodale, 2002), PetSpeak (Rodale, 2000), Prevention’s Natural Healing Guide 2000 (Rodale, 2000), DogSpeak (Rodale, 1999), Natural Healing Remedies (Rodale, 1999), Healing with Motion (Rodale, 1999), and The Woman’s Book of Wisdom (Rodale, 2000).

Ghostwriter: Jerry Baker's Herbal Pharmacy, (Storey Communications, 2000); Jerry Baker's Green Grass Magic (Storey Books, 2001). Jerry Baker is known as America's Master Gardener. Also Your Organic Kitchen (Rodale Press, 2000).

March 1997 – June 1999
Senior Writer, Rodale Press, Health Book Division, Emmaus, PA. Contributing writer for five health and pet books and helped launch Pets: Part of the Family magazine.

1988 – 1997
Senior Writer, Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Provided local, state and national reporting of higher education, covered the Florida State Legislature, directed the newspaper's NASA and science beats.
Assistant Sports Editor, Sun-Sentinel, (two years), supervising a staff covering professional baseball, hockey, horse racing, auto racing beats. Also helped direct coverage of the 1996 Summer Olympics.

1979 – 1988
Reporter, Post-Tribune, Gary, IN. Served as health/medical editor in charge of weekend health section and daily stories. Also served as a sportswriter, feature writer, and investigative reporter.

PROFESSIONAL HONOR HIGHLIGHTS

Named Cat Writer of the Year at the 2007 Cat Writers Association's conference for her role as editor of Catnip and author of The Cat Behavior Answer Book. The award, presented by Friskies, is given annually to the writer whose body of work for the year best promotes the welfare of cats.

Named one of the original founders of the Catalyst Summit, a group representing veterinarians, behaviorists, shelters, pet companies and the media in 2008. The goal is to educate the public and veterinary profession about the care and welfare of cats.

Her books, The Cat Behavior Answer Book and the Dog Behavior Answer Book bested the competition by garnering top training/behavior book honors by the Cat Writers Association and the Dog Writers Association of America.

President’s Award, the top award among 35 categories presented at the Cat Writer’s Association’s conference in 2005 for her work as editor of Catnip. This national publication also earned first place in the national newsletter category in 2005.

First place, for newsletter health writing, Litterbox Lessons, appearing in Catnip. Presented by the Cat Writers Association, 2004.

First place, for newsletter column writing, Editor’s Note, appearing in Catnip. Presented by the Cat Writers Association, 2004.

First place, for magazine articles on health for my story, 9 Ways to End the Weight appearing in Cat Fancy. Presented by the Cat Writers Association, 2003.

First place, national newsletters for Catnip. Presented by the Cat Writers Association, 2003.

First place, newsletter topics for article, Love Medicine, appearing in Catnip. Presented by the Cat Writers Association, 2003.

Book of the Year award finalists, presented by ForeWord Magazines, 2004 for the book, Never Act Your Age co-authored with Dale Anderson, MD.

2003 National Health Information Award Winner for the book, Never Act Your Age co-authored with Dale Anderson, MD.

2003 National Mature Media Award Winner for the book, Never Act Your Age co-authored with Dale Anderson, MD.

First place, features category, for story on surviving animal cruelty appearing in Cat Fancy magazine. Presented by the Cat Writers Association, 2001.

First place, Merial Human-Animal Bond national award for story on a Santa Barbara retired couple who turned their home into a haven for old, unwanted cats. Presented by the Cat Writers Association, 2000.

First place, feature writer for all-breed magazines, Dog Writers Association of America, 1999.

Writing coach, National Writers Workshop, co-sponsored by the Poynter Institute and Sun-Sentinel, 1996, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

First place, higher education coverage for the Southeast, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), 1993. Runner-up, 1992.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, associate member
Association of Veterinary Communicators
National Writers Union
Dog Writers Association of America
Cat Writers of America

EDUCATION

Humane Society of the United States' national "Pets for Life" training program, Denver, CO. First journalist selected.

Post-graduate courses in nutrition, business, and education, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA.

Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, higher education fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Bachelor of Arts, communication major, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.