Rita M RealiRita M. Reali has been a writer as long as she can remember. She's a two-time international award-winning author and longtime editor. As a former disc jockey in her native Connecticut, Rita used to spend her days "talking to people who weren't there"- a skill which transferred perfectly to her being an author.Now she talks to characters who aren't there on "a little chunk of heaven in rural Tennessee," where she lives with her husband and a pair of rambunctious cats. While Rita has written and published six novels for adults, The Purringest Kitty Misplaces His Purr is her second children's book. Read More Read Less