Sharon Sakson is a journalist and television producer who has worked for ABC, NBC, Court TV, Food TV, and local stations in Baltimore, Chicago, and San Francisco. She wrote Brussels Griffons: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual and co-authored, with Neil Plakcy, Paws and Reflect: A Special Bond between Man and Dog. She is an American Kennel Club dog-show judge and a breeder of champion Whippets and Brussels Griffons. Sharon lives in Princeton, New Jersey.