Dawn Baumann Brunke is a freelance writer and editor who specializes in the areas of bodywork, healing, metaphysics, and spirituality. For the past five years she has been the editor of "Alaska Wellness Magazine" in Anchorage, Alaska. She is also a massage therapist and the author of various articles, reviews, and short stories for both children and adults. She lives in Wasilla, Alaska.

"After reading "Animal Voices" I understood how talking with animals could be possible, even for me."--Patricia Wade, The Chickaloon News, Winter 2002