About Tiffani Burnett-Velez: I began my freelance writing career in 1996, when I sent an article to a dog magazine in hopes of unloading the trauma of having taught myself to walk again after a battle with a paralyzing and rare neuromuscular disease. My dog had hip dysplasia and both of us had been carried up and down the stairs by my husband at one point during our mutual recovery periods. The publication very kindly rejected the horrible piece, but they encouraged me to write more and said I … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Tiffani Burnett-Velez