Landy, Don

Don Landy is a late-blooming lover of dogs and cats, who has discovered in the lives of his pets stories worth sharing. A former automotive executive, he retired at fifty-five after serving as president and COO of a globally known group of companies and now writes memoirs about his pets, including "Unconditional Love: On Loan from God"; "A Letter to Tia: Grief. Grieving. The Love, Pain and Loss of a Friend"; and "Oh No, Charlie. Not Again!"

Landy's wife was a professional breeder of show cats, which meant dogs were never allowed in their household-until they briefly fostered an abandoned on...