Amy Sutherland is the author ofKicked, Bitten, and ScratchedandCookoff.Her articles have appeared inThe New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe.She has a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Her feature piece “What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage,” on which this book is based, was the most viewed and most e-mailed article ofThe New York Timesonline in 2006. Sutherland divides her time between Boston and Portland, Maine. From the Hardcover edition.